UK’s Independent Talent Appoints Three Agents To Its Board As Co-Chairman Steps Back

Barbara O. Jones, an actress in the independent Black cinema of 1970s Los Angeles in films like Bush Mama and Daughters of the Dust, died on April 8 at her home in Dayton, Ohio. She was 82.

Frank Turner has broken the world record for the most shows played in 24 hours, with 15 gigs in 15 different towns.The artist was taking on the challenge in honour of the Music Venue Trust (MVT), playing every show at an independent venue, with all tickets sold by independent record shops.The feat kicked off in Liverpool’s Jacaranda Baltic at 12:30pm on Saturday (May 4), with Turner working his way down the country, before finally completing the mission at Southampton’s The Brook at midday today (May 5).The rules for the world record attempt were set out by the MVT, who clarified that each set had to last for at least 15 minutes, with no repeated venues and a minimum of 25 audience members at each show.At the start of the journey, Turner posted an image of himself holding a sign saying “BEFORE”, writing: “Here we go friends. 15 shows, 15 town, 24 hours. This is a terrible idea.

Fans of Britain's Got Talent have questioned if the show is a "fix" after discovering a Golden Buzzer act has worked with a major pop star. Viewers are debating the fairness of the popular ITV talent show after it was revealed that the act had previously appeared on another television programme.The hit talent show made its comeback this Saturday, featuring a medley of acts from around the country.

Four weeks into the latest series of Britain's Got Talent, and judge Simon Cowell has already named his favourite to win this year's competition, and it's not who you might expect. Despite the series still airing the nail biting auditions on screen, Simon is confident about his favourite act and didn't hold back as he tipped them to win.

As another round of auditions got underway in Britain’s Got Talent on Saturday evening, viewers at home were on the edge of their seats as one gravity defying act took to the stage. Acrobatic trio Serbat Troupe got off to a good start, as one performer attempted to scale a ladder while the other balanced on their head in a handstand position.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures highly-anticipated adaptation of the best-seller Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow is gaining some serious momentum as Oscar winner Siân Heder has been tapped to direct the adaptation which is based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name by Gabrielle Zevin. Mark Bomback wrote the script based off a draft penned by Zevin. Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner will produce. Zevin will executive Produce.

Last night, a major shake-up in Wigan's "weird" politics that emerged last year was cemented as Labour held onto their whopping 64-seat majority, while what remained of the Conservative opposition almost disappeared and was replaced by independent councillors standing on local issues.

EXCLUSIVE: Blackwater Pictures, the British indie production company behind the buzzy biopic about the life of veteran Snooker player Jimmy White, has set up what they describe as a “multi-million-pound” fund to support commercially-minded independent British films.

Britain's Got Talent act The Dark Hero seriously wowed the judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli with his singing, all while suspended in mid-air dressed as Batman. But the mystery man's show-stopping performance appeared to have raised quite a few questions with viewers afterwards, with many calling out an obvious 'blunder' he'd made.The Dark Hero - who hasn't yet revealed his real name - took to the stage during Saturday night's episode of the ITV show to perform his own operatic rendition of Wicked's Defying Gravity - and fans have called him out for missing a trick on several fronts.

The Sheffield DocFest will open with Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald’s latest doc Klitschko: More Than a Fight, while Roger Ross Williams, the first African American director to win an Academy Award, is Guest of Honor.

Nuremberg,” a historical thriller set in post-war Germany, will launch its sales through WME Independent at the Cannes Film Festival next month. The film stars Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon. Richard E.

EXCLUSIVE: Australian fitness influencer Kayla Itsines is launching a podcast featuring the likes of Jameela Jamil.

Britain's Got Talent returned with a bang last week and pulled in some record-breaking viewing figures, and Kerry Katona was amongst those who couldn't get enough of the talent show. While the former Atomic Kitten star was delighted the competition was back, there was one thing that didn't hit the mark for Kerry, and that was the judging panel.

Angelina Jolie is responding to Brad Pitt‘s latest request in their faceoff over the sale of Miraval, a winery that they shared joint ownership of in France while together.

EXCLUSIVE: Clear Talent Group has promoted agent Justin Busch to Director of NY Film & TV and agent Adam Liebross to Director of LA Film & TV.

EXCLUSIVE: British actor and screenwriter Jamie Bacon has signed with UK agency United Agents.

Vanessa Feltz is leaving her role at TalkTV after two years, with her move away from the brand taking place as it becomes a “completely digital” channel for viewers. She is the second big-name presenter to leave the brand, following Piers Morgan's departure in February.TalkTV launched in April 2022, and presenter and DJ Vanessa joined soon after, presenting the drivetime show. News UK, who operates TalkTV, announced on Wednesday 24 April that there are changes ahead for the brand, with the channel expected to be renamed Talk as it becomes purely digital.

EXCLUSIVE: Film Independent has named Omer Ben Shachar, Mary Dauterman, MG Evangelista, Naomi Iwamoto, Thomas Kivney, Juan Paulo Laserna and Jhanvi Motla as the screenwriters selected for the 26th edition of its Screenwriting Lab, an intensive program designed to provide individualized story and career development for screenwriters with fiction feature scripts.Over the course of the program, Fellows will workshop their projects under the guidance of creative advisors Javier Fuentes-León, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, Jessica Sharzer, Jeff Stockwell and Christopher Makoto Yogi. Additional guest speakers and advisors will include Ruth Atkinson, Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Bridget Savage Cole, Lauren Craniotes, Ellie Foumbi, Priyanka Kapoor, Danielle Krudy, Amanda Marshall, Josh Peters, Jon Schumacher, Ellen Shanman, Lauren Shelton and Caddy Vanasirikul.

Tamara Lawrance & Sharon D. Clarke Board BBC‘s ‘Mr Loverman’

EXCLUSIVE: Gangs of London and Peaky Blinders star Joe Cole is set to lead action-thriller He Bled Neon, marking the feature debut of music video filmmaker Drew Kirsch who co-directed videos “You Need to Calm Down” and “Lover” with Taylor Swift, and also helmed videos for Shakira, Charlie Puth, John Legend, Imagine Dragons and Machine Gun Kelly.