Sky CEO Dana Strong has said she is “optimistic” that the company’s UK unit can keep hold of HBO content when its deal with Warner Bros. Discovery comes up for renewal in 2026.
03.09.2023 - 05:23 / variety.com
Naman Ramachandran British actor Faraz Ayub is in virtually every frame of Moin Hussain’s “Sky Peals,” world premiering at the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week. Ayub plays Adam, who works night shifts at a motorway service station and lives a lonely life. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers.
Piecing together a complicated image of a man he never knew, Adam starts to become convinced he descends from an alien race. Hailing from a working class background in England’s Midlands, Ayub, who is of British-Pakistani heritage, wanted to become an actor ever since he watched Tom Cruise in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise as a child. “It did something to me and just cinema in general, watching movies was an escape from the environment that I grew up in, which I wouldn’t say was very rundown or anything like that, but it was a bit of a poor neighborhood, a poor area.
And cinema was escape from life outside,” Ayub tells Variety. Ayub trained at Nottingham-based the Television Workshop, a BAFTA-winning drama group and TV casting resource with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion. The actor then moved to London and was cast in a series of TV roles, including in BBC’s “Line of Duty” and Apple TV+’s “Suspicion,” and is a series regular on Channel 4’s “Screw.” He participated in the BAFTA Elevate program in 2020.
Hussain created the character of Adam based on several people he knew in real life. “The character’s lonely, he’s someone who’s looking for an identity and he’s somebody who is basically trying to find his way in life,” Ayub says. “He [Hussain] was looking for somebody who could embody that loneliness and optimism as well.” Ayub says that his background growing up
.Sky CEO Dana Strong has said she is “optimistic” that the company’s UK unit can keep hold of HBO content when its deal with Warner Bros. Discovery comes up for renewal in 2026.
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Ringo Starr crossed the pond to perform in the United States for the first time.What followed was an unprecedented level of fanaticism as Beatlemania took hold of America.Now, a mere 59 years later, 83-year-old drummer Ringo Starr is still out and about on the road with his All Starr Band made up of classic rock icons from Men At Work, Toto, The Edgar Winter Band and more this fall.However, it appears Beatlemania has subsided a bit; some tickets are shockingly cheap to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer live in 2023.At the time of publication, we found some tickets going for only $8 before fees on Vivid Seats.Yes, there are somehow tickets under $10 available to see one of the two living Beatles live.Prices for most other shows start anywhere from approximately $45 to $210 before fees.Still, the tour looks like a blast. A recently recorded Instagram video shows the member of the British Empire’s vocals sound as good as ever.Want to see how much tickets cost for the Ringo concert closest to you?With a little help from this article, we’ll be happy to show you the way.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to the cheapest tickets available for all upcoming Ringo Starr concerts can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
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One viewing of “High & Low – John Galliano, “a documentary chronicling the impressive rise of British fashion designer John Galliano and his equally jarring fall from grace, should be more than sufficient to convince even the most uneducated of the influence he’s held throughout the industry; bolstered by a plentiful amount of talking head interviews from celebrity associates Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz and an abundance of footage showcasing model after model walking the runway in the apparel he brought to life, it’s clear how the man commanded a wealth of respect and love from those who adorned his garments and knew him as both a designer of inspired attire and a dear friend to those who considered themselves as such. Venice Film Festival 2023: The 17 Most Anticipated Movies To Watch The film utilizes a structured signature of so many similar efforts, seemingly going through the motions as it shows him working his way up the ladder throughout the 1990s, initially as his own brand and through his eventual work with the likes of Dior as his own personality is shown growing alongside his body of work; it’s interesting to see the vast number of shots showing a confident Galliano strutting the catwalk as self-assured as any of the models in his employ.
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