Unlike the Academy, BAFTA Hasn’t Changed Its Theatrical Rules for 2025 to Improve Geographic Accessibility — Should It?

Stephen Rodrick Fran Drescher is on a hero’s journey.  I know because she told me.   We talked on Monday for about an hour as the actors’ strike moved into a second week. So far, it’s been very dramatic. Last Thursday, Drescher gave her version of Shakespeare’s Henry V’s St. Crispins Day speech with “we happy few” replaced by all American workers via “I think that the whole world is looking at us right now, because human beings in all different walks of life are being replaced by robots.” The speech launched a thousand labor-supporting memes and left reporters wondering if “The Nanny” was the new Norma Rae. Drescher carried the mojo into the first day of picketing on Friday when she called Disney CEO Bob Iger a medieval land baron for discourse launched from his Sun Valley Summer Camp. 

Paul Mullin is preparing for a return to the EFL following two goal-laden years playing in the National League for Wrexham.

stepped back as senior members of the royal family in 2020 before moving to California that same year.A speech expert has revealed that Harry’s accent is beginning to sound a little different since living in the States.Specialist Emma Serlin claimed that in a promo video he appeared in last year for his mental health initiative, BetterUp, his voice appears distinctive compared to his other British relatives. Serlin, who is the founder of the London Speech Workshop, explained to the Mirror that the Invictus Games founder’s speech shows that he is more “of the people” than being of royal blood.“Harry’s accent now sounds much more rounded and middle rather than upper class,” she divulged.

Haim have announced a reissue of their debut album ‘Days Are Gone’ with the trio discussing their memories of the record with NME as well as talking about their headlining set at All Points East 2023.This year marks the 10th anniversary of the band’s first record. As sisters, Este, Danielle and Alana Haim told NME, the occasion calls for a celebration.“We worked our whole lives to put out our first record, So we thought, ‘It’s the 10-year anniversary! Why the fuck not’.

Ice Spice brought her fellow collaborator PinkPantheress out during her Wireless set last Friday (July 7) to perform the track together for the first time.In her UK concert debut, Ice Spice performed a medley of her viral hits such as ‘Princess Diana’, ‘Munch’ and ‘Bikini Bottom’.During her 10-minute set, she also played ‘Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2’.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International BAFTA has updated its campaigning rules for next year’s film awards, and is “having conversations internally” about reviewing its theatrical eligibility rules for 2025 following the Oscars’ expanded geographic criteria requirements. The British Academy revealed its new rules for the 2024 awards on Wednesday, with stricter regulations around campaigning — particularly in relation to social media — and a new bullying and harassment policy for U.K.-based productions. Speaking to Variety, BAFTA also revealed that it’s debating changes for the 2025 awards, for which the eligibility period begins in January.

The Dead are almost done playing live.Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Dead and Company have just three more concerts on their ‘Final Tour.’On July 14-16, John Mayer, Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane will play their last three shows at San Francisco’s Oracle Park.Then, the group is calling it quits for good.Considering the historic nature of these hometown gigs for the Dead, tickets are relatively affordable.At the time of publication, we found tickets going for just $154 before fees on Vivid Seats.Plus, who knows what special guests they have planned for these final ‘Final Tour’ gigs?Dave Matthews recently played with the band in Boulder, CO — and anything is possible for the Dead’s swan song.Want to grab last-minute tickets before it’s too late to see Dead and Company live?Here’s everything you need to know about their three-day Oracle Park sendoff.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best upper-deck, lower-deck and floor seats prices for the Dead and Company concerts on July 14-16 at San Francisco, CA’s Oracle Park can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry might need to "reinvent themselves" as a Hollywood "power couple" after it's been hinted that the US public is beginning to get fed up with them, according to a former royal butler.

BBC Director General Tim Davie has admitted that complaints procedures could be improved amid questions over how the UK broadcaster responded to allegations that one of its top presenters paid a young person for sexual images.

Brad Pitt is spending another day at the races!

EXCLUSIVE: Moviegoers who catch Alex Winter’s new documentary The YouTube Effect can expect a cinematic bonus: We can reveal the film is preceded by a short documentary for the National Courtwatch Network narrated by Fiona Apple, with original music by the singer-songwriter.

Thania Garcia Lil Uzi Vert will be performing in venues across the U.S. later this fall for the newly-announced “Pink Tape” tour in support of their latest, 26-track album album “Pink Tape.” The 17-date trip will be Uzi’s first headlining jaunt since 2018’s “Endless Summer Tour,” and is slated to begin on Oct. 21 in Minneapolis, before making numerous stops across major cities like Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, New York City, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Denver, among other cities. They will close the tour with a special hometown performance in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center on Nov. 22. “Pink Tape,” the follow-up to the rapper’s 2020 record, “Pluto x Baby Pluto,” is expected to be one of the top rap releases of the year when it arrives on U.S. charts next week. It features guest verses from Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Bring Me The Horizon and more.

“Joy Ride” star Ashley Park recently spoke about her beginnings and her big break with People.

When Anthony Mackie makes his big-screen debut as Captain America in the upcoming “Captain America: Brave New World”, he’ll be joined by Marvel newcomer Harrison Ford.

Alison Herman TV Critic The first half of 2023 has seen some of the most acclaimed shows in recent memory conclude on their own terms. Fortunately, as the likes of “Barry” and “Succession” wound down, promising newcomers and returning favorites have made a case for optimism even in these series’ absence. From the plains of Kansas to an English palace to a California courtroom, great TV could come from anywhere — if not the “mind” of an artificial intelligence, whatever dystopia “Mrs.

Netta is back, and it’s “Everything”!

“All The President’s Men” and “All My Children” actor Nicolas Coster died on Monday at a Florida hospital.He was 89.His daughter Dinneen Coster shared the tragic news on Facebook, penning: “There is great sadness in my heart this evening, my father actor Nicolas Coster has passed on in Florida at 9:01 pm in the hospital.”“Please be inspired by his artistic achievements and know he was a real actor’s actor,” she went on. “I will always be inspired by him and know how lucky I am to have such a great father,” she wrote.The British-American screen star’s cause of death has yet to be released.Coster was born in London to a British mother and a father from New Zealand.

Nicolas Coster, the British-American actor who played an evasive lawyer in All The President’s Men (“I’m not here,” he insisted to Robert Redford’s Bob Woodward as the two sat in a courtroom), a fiendish kidnapper in All My Children, zany businessman Lionel Lockridge on Santa Barbara, and the father of Lisa Whelchel’s Blair Warner in The Facts of Life, died Monday at a hospital in Florida. He was 89.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to music-themed documentary The Elephant 6 Recording Co., setting an August 25 theatrical release date for the directorial debut of C.B. Stockfleth.

The Chase star Mark Labbett was left ‘heartbroken’ as he said an emotional goodbye to his new girlfriend Hayley Palmer. The 57 year old quiz expert, known by his nickname The Beast, expressed his sorrow in a sweet message about the 41 year old TV presenter on social media. Mark and Hayley had been spending time together in Los Angeles, California, as the trivia master filmed the US version of The Chase.