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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent NBCUniversal Studio Group chair and chief content officer Donna Langley will be celebrated at the Cannes Film Festival, where she will receive the Women in Motion Award from Kering‘s chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault, Cannes president Iris Knobloch and director Thierry Fremaux. The awards ceremony will take place at a glamorous gala dinner hosted by Kering on May 19, which will bring together major talent and executives attending the festival.

Universal Studios chief Donna Langley is heading to this year’s Cannes Film Festival where she will be handed Kering’s annual Women In Motion Award.

Baby Reindeer fans have called for Jessica Gunning to win 'all the awards' for her portrayal of a sinister stalker in the new Netflix series. The drama, which has received a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, released on April 11.

Meghan Markle's subtle expressions have given away her genuine sentiments towards Prince Harry, a body language expert has claimed.

Olivier Awards host Hannah Waddingham received a round of cheers and applause after she boldly stood up to a photographer who made an inappropriate comment on the red carpet - saying "don't be a d**k".The Ted Lasso star dazzled in a light purple sequined gown as she posed for photographs at the prestigious award show, held at London's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday. In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter), Hannah was heard addressing a photographer in the crowd, although his exact words were unclear.

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Kip Williams, the adapter and director of the buzzy West End production of the Sydney Theatre Company’s The Picture of Dorian Gray starring newly minted Olivier Award winner Sarah Snook.

Addie Morfoot Contributor Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat’s documentary “Sugarcane” garnered the top nonfiction honor at the 26th annual Sarasota Film Festival. About the abuse and death of Indigenous children at a Canadian-based Indian Residential School, the docu premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival (SFF), where it picked up the U.S. documentary directing kudo.

Meghan Markle's subtle expressions have divulged her genuine sentiments towards Prince Harry, a body language expert has claimed. The Duchess of Sussex accompanied her spouse to Florida and was present with him at the Royal Salute Polo Challenge in Wellington, where they competed for the Sentebale Challenge Cup.

Ted Lasso star was arriving at the Olivier Awards in London last night (April 14) – which she was hosting – when she overheard the request.In footage shared on social media, the photographer’s words are unheard, but Waddingham tells them in response: “Oh my God, you’d never say that to a man, my friend.“Don’t be a dick, otherwise I’ll move off,” she adds. “Don’t say ‘show me your leg.’ No.”the icon and mother that you are hannah waddingham pic.twitter.com/w2ZuLIzpds— bally singh (@putasinghonit) April 15, 2024The star has since received huge praise on social media for calling the behaviour out, one person writing on Twitter/X: “This woman is a role model.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Syndicated talk strip “Tamron Hall” has been picked up for a sixth season, ABC News was set to announce on Monday. The show, distributed nationally by Disney Entertainment, airs on the ABC-owned TV stations, as well as on stations owned by groups including Hearst, Scripps, Nexstar, Tegna, Gray and AMG. The news keeps “Tamron Hall” on the air through the 2024-2025 TV season.

Naman Ramachandran Circle Women Doc Accelerator, an international training program dedicated to women and non-binary filmmakers, has unveiled the four projects that will take part in its showcase as part of the Cannes Docs program of the upcoming Cannes Film Market. For the fifth consecutive year, four alumnae of the program will present their works-in-progress during the market. “Dreamers” by Imam Hasanov, produced by Maria Ibrahimova for Cinex production (Azerbaijan), is set in rural Azerbaijan, where former football player Mamed coaches an all-girls football team.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Award-winning country star Lainey Wilson will be the subject of a documentary special being produced by Robin Roberts‘ production unit at ABC News Studios, to be seen on Hulu, with a premiere date set for May 29. The Roberts-led division has several such projects in development. The host indicated that the doc-style specials will focus of telling the stories of empowered women.

EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Lloyd, director of the history-making reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, reveals that his star Nicole Scherzinger initially “refused to consider” accepting his offer to play Norma Desmond in the show adapted from Billy Wilder’s 1950 classic.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Stormy,” a documentary about former porn star Stormy Daniels, has been picked up by Blue Ant Studios for international distribution. The launch was announced on Monday, the same day that former U.S. president Donald Trump begins a criminal trial in New York for allegedly covering up hush money payments to Daniels. “Stormy,” offered as two one-hour episodes or a two-hour feature, is produced by Emmy-nominated producers Erin Lee Carr (“I Love You,” “Now Die: The Commonwealth v.

James Graham‘s double-OIivier Award winning play Dear England is hitting TV screens and the prolific creator is thinking about whether any former soccer players could make the cut.

Jane Seymour doesn't do plastic surgery, and for good reason. Seymour, 73, shared her favorite beauty secrets as she works to "play all the characters" she portrays in film and TV — most recently in "Irish Wish" and "Harry Wild" — in an interview with Fox News Digital. "Skin care is really important," Seymour revealed on the red carpet at the CMT Music Awards.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced plans to set up a new taskforce as part of its Disability Action Plan after research indicated that disabled people are significantly affected by the rising cost of living. The ‘Extra Costs Taskforce’ will specifically look into the additional costs incurred by people on disability benefits such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

Emily Osment and Montana Jordan meet up on the red carpet for the second time in a week while attending PaleyFest LA on Sunday afternoon (April 14) at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The Gospel Of The Beast, directed by the Philippines’ Sheron Dayoc, picked up the Golden Star Award for Best Southeast Asian Film at the first edition of the Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival (HIFF) in Vietnam. 

Drew Carey was able to collect his well-deserved attaboys Sunday at the Writers Guild Awards, where he told the crowd that he covered the bills at Bob’s Big Boy and Swingers for striking scribes last summer because “it’s the right thing to do.”

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Crime drama “The Goldfinger” was the numerical winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards, where it won six prizes on Sunday. But it missed out on the best film prize, which went to box office record breaker “A Guilty Conscience.” “The Goldfinger,” a retro financial thriller starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau Tak-wah, earned a slew of technical award (cinematography, art direction, costume and make up, sound design and visual effects) as well as the lead actor prize for Leung. Two films took three prizes each: “In Broad Daylight,” an investigation into abuse at a care home, and “Mad Fate,” Soi Cheang’s grungy examination of superstition in the city.

Legal drama A Guilty Conscience took the top award for best film at this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards, while crime thriller The Goldfinger was the biggest winner overall with six prizes, including best actor for Tony Leung Chiu-wai. 

Ryan Coogler is teaming up again with Michael B. Jordan for an untitled Warner Bros. supernatural thriller.

The writers strike ended seven months ago, but memories of the picket lines were fresh at the WGA Awards tonight.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Chris Keyser and David Goodman, the veteran showrunners who steered the five-month Writers Guild of America strike last year, warned guild members on Sunday to stay vigilant in a fast-changing business landscape despite the gains of last year’s historic labor action. “Though this strike is over, the fight goes on. If we take our eye off the ball, everything we gained can literally go away tomorrow,” Goodman told the crowd at the Writers Guild Awards at the Hollywood Palladium.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Writers Guild of America is honoring the best of 2023’s television and film via its annual WGA Awards, held this year at the Hollywood Palladium for the West Coast edition and at New York’s Edison Ballroom for the East Coast ceremony. In Los Angeles, Niecy Nash-Betts, who recently won an Emmy for her role on Netflix’s “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” hosted this year’s event. L.A.

Nicole Scherzinger and Tom Francis pose together with their trophies after winning at the 2024 Olivier Awards held at The Royal Albert Hall on Sunday (April 14) in London.

Cara Delevingne sparkled as she hit the green carpet at the 2024 Olivier Awards held at The Royal Albert Hall on Sunday (April 14) in London.

Refresh for latest… The elongated 2023-24 awards season wraps tonight as the WGA presents its strike-delayed 2024 Writers Guild Awards in simultaneous ceremonies on both coasts. Deadline is posting the winners live as they are revealed; see the running list below.

Brent Simon For the roughly 12,000 scribes the Writers Guild of America represents, the last year has been an emotional roller coaster: The guild engaged in a labor stoppage for over four and a half months in 2023 that, alongside a partially overlapping SAG-AFTRA strike, ground production to a halt. But with a new contract now in hand, the upcoming Writers Guild Awards afford union members the chance for a collective exhalation.

The 2024 Olivier Awards take place this evening at the Royal Albert Hall in London with an array of screen names set to be celebrated for performances given on the London stage.

It's no secret that Prince William is an avid football fan, with the royal showing public support for the England Women's National Team, the Lionesses, on numerous occasions. So when he got a chance to chat with Lioness top scorer Beth Mead at a Windsor Castle investiture ceremony, where he awarded her an MBE, the Prince Of Wales' face 'lit up', Beth exclusively tells OK!. Chatting about the achievement this week, which was awarded to Beth for her services to football, the sportswoman said: "It was pretty cool.

Singer Dua Lipa will return to NBC’s Saturday Night Live for her third turn as a musical guest on May 4. This time, she will also take on hosting duties.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt reignited the Barbenheimer battle during Gosling’s “Saturday Night Live” monologue with an epic rendition of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well,” complete with real-life Barbies and dancing Oppenheimers. Gosling kicked off his third SNL monologue with a callback to Ken, the role that nabbed him an Academy Award nomination and wild live performance at the Oscar ceremony. In a startling reveal, Gosling said he wasn’t going to make any jokes about Ken because they had to sever their relationship.

Michaela Zee Hunter Schafer is eagerly awaiting the day when she and her “Euphoria” co-stars reunite for the hit HBO series’ third season. “I just really miss everybody. Everyone is doing very well in their careers right now,” Schafer told Variety on the purple carpet at the GQ Global Creativity Awards Thursday evening.

Julien’s Auctions has announced that it has sold all of the items in its special auction of Raquel Welch memorabilia.