A park an hour from Greater Manchester which inspired New York’s Central Park has received Government backing to win Unesco World Heritage status. Birkenhead Park in Merseyside is among seven sites in the running to join the prestigious list.
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EXCLUSIVE: Showtime has opted not to renew The L Word: Generation Q for a fourth season. The decision comes two months after the series’ third season ended its run. However, the franchise may continue on the network — The L Word: New York (working title), a reboot of the groundbreaking original series, is in development with the 2004 series’ creator Ilene Chaiken attached, I hear.
No Showtime series has been renewed since the January announcement that the premium cable network will be integrated into Paramount+ across both streaming and linear later this year and renamed as Paramount+ with Showtime.
There had been a programming slate reevaluation since Chris McCarthy added Showtime to his purview following the exit of longtime CEO David Nevins in October. Let the Right One In and American Gigolo were both canceled after one season, and Showtime also opted not to proceed with new series Three Women, which landed at Starz.
The L Word appeared to fit into McCarthy’s plan when he first unveiled it at the time of the Yellowjackets December renewal — “to lean into Showtime’s strengths and focus on three key areas that have defined the brand: Complex and subversive antiheroes like Dexter and Yellowjackets, powerful high-stakes worlds like Homeland and Billions, and unconventional cultural takes like The L Word and The Chi – all with an eye towards making the biggest hits possible and building them into hit franchises as we have done very successfully across the company.”
While L Word was no longer mentioned when the plan was detailed by McCarthy a month later, with the upcoming Fellow Travelers listed alongside The Chi, the title is one of Showtime’s best known pieces of IP, and exploring franchises and IP is a primary focus
A park an hour from Greater Manchester which inspired New York’s Central Park has received Government backing to win Unesco World Heritage status. Birkenhead Park in Merseyside is among seven sites in the running to join the prestigious list.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Sex/Life” has been canceled at Netflix after two seasons, Variety has learned. The second season of the drama series debuted on the streamer on March 2, while Season 1 debuted in June 2021. The series was inspired by the book “44 Chapters About 4 Men” by B.B. Easton and hailed from creator Stacy Rukeyser. Sarah Shahi starred as Billie Connelly who, exhausted from taking care of her two kids and feeling nostalgic for the free-spirited life she lived in New York with her best friend Sasha (Margaret Odette) before marrying loving and reliable Cooper (Mike Vogel), starts journaling and fantasizing about her exploits with an ex (Adam Demos).
Lewis Capaldi delighted his American fans during one of his biggest tours yet as he takes to the stage in New York, belting out his iconic ballads.
arraignment of former president Donald Trump earlier in the day, which according to Colbert happened “about 4 miles south” of “The Late Show” studio. Trump was of course arraigned on 34 charges of felony business fraud, related to the hush money payment of $130,000 he gave to porn actress Stormy Daniels, from his presidential campaign funds, in 2016.Colbert recapped some of the greatest hits from the day’s news, including the fact that Trump was late to the arraignment, and his actual arrival.
Former president Donald Trump was arraigned in New York City on Tuesday, April 4. He is the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges.
EXCLUSIVE: The L Word: Generation Q is no longer available on Showtime’s streaming service and the Showtime Anytime app. The removal comes on the heels of the series’ cancellation by the network after three seasons.
Princess Beatrice rubbed shoulders with Swedish royalty as she once again turned out to support the World Dyslexia Assembly. The 34-year-old royal, eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, has long been a champion of people with dyslexia - having been diagnosed with the learning difficulty at a young age.
Elon Musk’s Twitter had pledged to remove the blue ticks from all legacy accounts on April 1, but it appears few have met that fate.
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix do a little song and dance together while filming new scenes for Folie à Deux in New York City on Sunday (April 2).
A new chapter! Blac Chyna wowed in white as she stepped out in New York City after she removed her facial fillers and butt injections earlier this month.
EXCLUSIVE: Venice Film Festival, Netflix and The Gotham Film & Media Institute are teaming up on a program of movies at iconic New York venue, the Paris Theater. Scroll down for program lineup in full.
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Jonathan Majors spoke out after being arrested on Saturday morning (March 25).
Wall Street Journal, the first to report the story, officials are also weighing increasing corporate taxes to 9.25% on businesses reporting more than $5 million of income and a 25-cent surcharge on package deliveries. Meanwhile, a separate proposal from Democrats in the New York State Senate would tack a 50-cent surcharge on ride-hailing trips.Lawmakers estimate that the streaming tax could eventually raise more than $100 million a year.
Showtime has canceled “The L-Word: Generation Q,” TheWrap has confirmed.The series, a sequel to Showtime’s 2004-2009 series “The L-Word,” premiered in 2019 and wrapped up its third season in January. The network hasn’t commented publicly on the cancelation, but an individual with knowledge of the matter tells TheWrap that Showtime is in early development on a possible reboot of the original series, which has a working title of “The L-Word: New York.”“Generation Q” followed the intermingled lives of Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals), Alice Pieszecki, Shane McCutcheon (Katherine Moennig), Dani Núñez (Arienne Mandi), Micah Lee (Leo Sheng), Finley (Jacqueline Toboni), Sophie Suarez (Rosanny Zayas), Gigi Ghorbani (Sepideh Moafi), Angie Porter-Kennard (Jordan Hull) and Tess (Clayton) as they experience love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success in Los Angeles.
Still going strong. Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes packed on the PDA in New York City after running a half marathon together earlier this week.
announced Tuesday. He was 80.The Knicks tweeted a photograph showing Reed from behind walking onto the floor as his teammates were warming up for the 1970 finale, one of the most memorable moments in NBA and Madison Square Garden history.«As we mourn, we will always strive to uphold the standards he left behind — the unmatched leadership, sacrifice and work ethic that personified him as a champion among champions,» the Knicks said in a statement.
The editorial staff at Fox affiliate WNYW-TV New York has voted unanimously to ratify a new four-year contract with the WGA East. The 52-member bargaining unit includes news writers, writer/producers, assignment editors, segment producers, news assistants and feed coordinators.
Rolling Loud has announced that it has cancelled its New York event for 2023.The festival has its origins in Miami, Florida, and hosted a first New York City edition in 2019. After cancelling the 2020 edition due to COVID, further Rolling Loud New York events were held in 2021 and 2022.Now, Rolling Loud have confirmed that, due to “logistical factors beyond our control,” the festival will not return to the Big Apple in 2023.The statement began by running through some of the highlights from Rolling Loud New York’s three festivals.“We saw the beginning of the King Vamp era, Travis power through his full set through the pain, Parti and Uzi reuniting on stage, Nicki, 50 Cent, and A$AP Rocky putting on iconic headlining performances in their hometown, [and] Juice WRLD’s final festival performance,” they wrote.Going on to the reasons for the cancellation, and the future of Rolling Loud New York, the statement added: “Sadly, due to logistical factors beyond our control, Rolling Loud will not return to New York in 2023.“But don’t worry, this isn’t “Goodbye,” more like “See you later.” We’ll be back in New York when the time is right.In the meantime, we invite all of our New York fans to meet us in Miami July 21-23 for our biggest, best festival of the year.”A post shared by Rolling Loud (@rollingloud)2022’s edition of Rolling Loud New York saw the travelling roadshow festival will return for three nights at Citi Field in Queens from September 23-25.Nicki Minaj, A$AP Rocky and Future headlined the edition, while other names on the line-up included Pusha T, DaBaby, Busta Rhymes, Abra and many more.The inaugural Rolling Loud Portugal also took place last year, with J.