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Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans have failed to reach an agreement in their ongoing custody battle. Weeks after the actor, 48, filed a restraining order against his ex wife, 54, publicly available court papers show they are still at loggerheads despite the involvement of a mediator. Ioan filed in July for joint custody of their two daughters Elsie, eight, and Ella, 12, and asked for visitation rights to see them amid his split from Alice, with his restraining order against her banning her from mentioning him on social media for three years following her long online attacks against him and his 29-year-old girlfriend Bianca Wallace.

Jennifer Hudson will experiencing a blast from her past with the first guest on her upcoming talk show, “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” She’s recruited former “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell.The show announced the news on Friday, revealing this will be their first sit-down conversation since she competed on Season 7 of the show back in 2008. Hudson took third, but followed up the show by winning an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony, giving her EGOT status.Hudson will also celebrate her 41st birthday on Sept.

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Ryan Fox (Henry Danger) and Catherine Daddario (Oak) will lead the cast of the indie high school drama The Midway Point, marking the feature directorial debut of writer-director Lucca Vieira, which has wrapped production in Los Angeles. Others in the ensemble include 2019 Honorary Academy Award winner Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans), Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Thora Birch (Ghost World) and Julie Benz (Dexter).

Our own Nancy Tartaglione was on hand this week when Bill Kramer, new chief executive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, set his sights on the whole wide world.

Neil Jordan’s ‘Marlowe’: Liam Neeson And Diane Kruger Feature To Debut At San Sebastian

Chris Rock is getting slapped back once again.

The Berlin Film Festival has appointed Los Angeles-based, US industry expert Jacqueline Lyanga as a US delegate as it expands its international network and seeks to consolidate contacts with the US film industry and filmmakers.

She's amassed a huge fanbase in the UK, and over in the US Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu appears to also have won over many supporters.The 28 year old, who won the 2022 series of the dating show alongside Davide Sanclimenti, 27, has jetted off to Los Angeles on a solo trip where she's "shooting" an exciting new project. Keeping the details of her venture under wraps, Ekin-Su shared a message for her fans on social media, saying: "I'm actually in LA and I'm very excited to be shooting here.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media DDA is making a series of key hires and promotions. Ryan Langrehr recently joined the entertainment communications company as U.S. head of awards, based out of Los Angeles. He joins from Block-Korenbrot Public Relations and will work alongside DDA partner Dana Archer and awards strategist MJ Peckos, who formed an exclusive partnership with DDA in 2021 and collaborated on a slate of films in the international and documentary category. These included Spain’s “The Good Boss” and Germany’s “I’m Your Man,” both of which were shortlisted for international feature Oscars.  The DDA L.A. awards offering is a complement to the company’s existing U.K. awards business, which it says will offer studios and filmmakers a “cohesive strategy across both sides of the Atlantic.” The U.K. offering is led by Sam Ross in his newly upped role of director of awards, and his team works closely with DDA partner Neil Bhatt. In recent years, the DDA U.K. awards team has handled AMPAS and BAFTA campaigns and delivered successful campaigns for features, documentaries, animated movies and shorts. Sam has been instrumental in successful campaigns across Academy Award and BAFTA-winning films including NEON’s “Parasite” and BFI’s “After Love.” Additionally, the 2022 BAFTAs also saw nominations for “Happening,” “The Hand of God” and “A Quiet Place: Part II.” Their 2021 haul included BAFTA nominations for “Babyteeth,” “Dear Comrades,” “Mogul Mowgli,” “County Lines” and “The Present.”  

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIn what sounds like a reality TV version “Cobra Kai,” TelevisaUnivision is set to release a mixed martial arts competition series — with a $50,000 prize for the winning squad of fighters — on its ViX+ Spanish-language subscription streaming service.The series comes from Combate Global, the Hispanic MMA sports franchise, and will be available on ViX+ (regularly $6.99/month in the U.S.), which TelevisaUnivision launched last month in the U.S., Mexico and across Latin America.The first six episodes of “Combate Global Exclusivo ViX+” drop Wednesday, Aug. 24.

The world helped put Kep1er together. And now, the K-pop girl group is ready to meet the fans around the globe who helped to make it happen.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThousands of excited and knowledgeable fans on the floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center for KCON LA would dispel any doubt that K-Pop and Korean culture have become major phenomena in America. But such raw energy must surely burn itself out. Right?Two high-profile U.S.

SPOILER ALERT: This podcast contains details of the first episode of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law that debuted today on Disney+.

AsianCrush and the Kocowa venture among major Korean broadcasters are generating viewership and creating a big secondary market for scripted series known as K-dramas — a movement that will only accelerate South Korea’s maturation into a major player in media and entertainment. For evidence, look no further than the 14 groundbreaking Emmy nominations racked up last month by Netflix’s “Squid Game.” “We’ve seen this growth in interest of Asian entertainment over the last 10 years and really picking up more recently in the last three to five years,” says Sam Wu, CEO of Rakuten Viki, the streaming arm of the Japanese retail conglomerate.

Film Independent today unveiled the three short films directed by fellows selected to participate in its Global Media Makers Spring 2022 LA Residency. (Watch them here.)

Alanis Morissette, Courtney Love were among the women to rock the ’90s.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAMC Networks has renewed the Emmy-nominated short-form series “Cooper’s Bar” for a second season, while Acorn TV — AMC Networks’ streamer devoted to British and international fare — has given a Season 2 renewal to “Harry Wild,” starring and executive produced by Jane Seymour.Both pickups were announced Wednesday during AMC Networks’ portion of the Television Critics Assn. press tour.

playing Rue on Euphoria, it’s also hard to imagine anyone other than playing Eleven on *—*but that was almost the reality.In a new interview with , Millie got candid about her start in acting and recounted how a “disastrous audition,” which took place just before she filmed her self-tape for Stranger Things, discouraged her enough to almost end her career before it even took off.The 18-year-old actor told Allure that, when she was just 10, a “powerful casting director” brought her to tears when they told her she “wasn’t going to make it in the industry.” The reason? She was “too mature.”“I always knew that I was mature and I couldn’t really help that,” MBB, who at the time thought maturity was “a good thing,” elaborated. “Being told that it wasn’t, that I wouldn’t make it in this industry, it was so hurtful.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Chris Naoki Lee’s feature directorial debut, Dinner Party, in which he stars alongside Kara Wang (Top Gun: Maverick), Imani Hakim (Mythic Quest) and Kausar Mohammed (The Flash). The global indie distributor has slated the pic for a day-and-date release on August 19.