‘Wallace and Gromit’ Step Into Virtual Reality with Aardman, Atlas V, Meta Quest (EXCLUSIVE)

Deepa Mehta Toronto-based filmmaker Deepa Mehta has been making films since the 1970s, including the Oscar-nominated “Water,” part of her elements trilogy; “Bollywood/Hollywood” and “Funny Boy.” Her TV credits include “Yellowjackets,” “Little America” and “Leila.”As an immigrant to Canada from India, I felt “seen” twice in my life. And both those moments, ironically, were diametrically antithetical to each other.It was my first foray into North America as a young newlywed documentary filmmaker. I missed my home and family, had no work, couldn’t get the fuss about ice hockey and was frankly surprised at the general questions thrown my way by well-meaning, educated young and old white folk.

Matt Lucas and Eddie Izzard are among the stars supporting Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, who has become the first pro footballer to come out as gay in 32 years. Daniels, 17, became the first male professional player in English football to come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990 with his incredible statement. Little Britain star Matt wrote on Twitter: ‘It’s a landmark day in British LGBT history.

Muse‘s forthcoming new album ‘Will Of The People’ is “a greatest hits album – of new songs”.The Teignmouth trio, who returned to action in January with the track ‘Won’t Stand Down’, will release their ninth studio LP on August 26 via Warner Records.Speaking to The Big Issue, Muse frontman Bellamy explained how ‘Will Of The People’ was written partly in response to their record label, who wanted the band to release a ‘best of’ compilation.“We were reaching that point where there was talk about maybe doing a greatest hits album, and we weren’t really in favour of doing that,” Bellamy said. “So it’s almost like we’ve made a record that is a greatest hits album – of new songs.“That means this album might have a metal track on it – and it’s like, the best metal track we’ve ever done.

Matt Helders has spoken about Arctic Monkeys’ upcoming new album, saying that musically it “picks up where ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ left off”.The Sheffield four-piece have yet to officially announce the follow-up to their May 2018 album, but new music from the band is expected to arrive this year given that the Monkeys are heading out on tour in August.AM drummer Helders has now given fans an indication about what to expect from their next record. Speaking to Mike Dolbear for this year’s DrumathonLIVE 2022, Helders said that the Monkeys’ next album will be in a similar vein to 2018’s ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’.“It kinda like picks up where the other one [‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’] left off musically,” Helders said (you can watch his interview in the below post at the 45-minute mark).A post shared by Mikedolbear.com (@mikedolbearcom)“I mean, it’s never gonna be like [2012 ‘AM’ single] ‘R U Mine?’ and all that stuff again, you know, the heavy riffs and stuff.“But there are riffs in there and [it’s] a bit more up-tempo, even though it’s not loud,” he added.

Ioan Gruffudd is attending his first public event with his girlfriend Bianca Wallace!

Muse’s Matt Bellamy has responded to the scientific discovery of an actual Supermassive Black Hole.Earlier today (May 12), scientists shared the first ever image of the black hole at the centre of the galaxy.The picture is the first time the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way – known as Sagittarius A* – has been seen.Researchers described the black hole as “the glue that holds the galaxy together” and one of the co-authors on the new papers, Ziri Younsi from University College London said the discovery was “key to our understanding of how the Milky Way formed and will evolve in the future.”Now, Muse frontman Bellamy has responded to the discovery, sharing an image of the supermassive black hole on his Instagram. The lead single of the band’s 2006 third album, ‘Black Holes and Revelations’, was ‘Supermassive Black Hole’.Bellamy wrote on Instagram: “Knew she’d show up one day.”When news of the discovery first came about in 2019, Bellamy also responded then, writing at the time: “Supermassive black hole, finally spotted”.You can check out today’s post here:A post shared by Matt Bellamy (@mattbellamy)Meanwhile, Muse have recruited British songwriter and Bring Me The Horizon collaborator Dan Lancaster to be part of their live band.Performing their first major shows of 2022 with two special charity gigs at London’s Eventim Apollo Hammersmith earlier this week, Muse treated fans to new songs and “deep cut” rarities, as well as unveiling a live line-up that features Lancaster on additional synths, keys, percussion and guitar duties.

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has acquired British drag doc City of Queens, the Sky doc which features star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Bimini Bon Boulash.

EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun on Better Man, and Deadline has the first image from production. This is the musical feature film based on the life of singer Robbie Williams, with Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey at the helm. Gracey’s debut film, The Greatest Showman, grossed over $435M at the global box office.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLondon- and Singapore-based 108 Media has announced plans to acquire Malaysian film and TV production firm Revolution Media (previously Ideate Media). Led by Zainir Aminullah, Revolution was founded in 2013 and underwent a management buy-out in 2019.

Naman Ramachandran Oscar, BAFTA and Turner Prize winner Steve McQueen has said that broadcasters BBC and Channel 4 are an integral part of British identity. During the Virgin Media BAFTA TV awards on Sunday, McQueen said during his acceptance speech for winning best factual series for BBC documentary “Uprising” that BBC and Channel 4 have to be held tight and fought for every inch. Both broadcasters are facing an existential threat from the U.K.

Matt Lucas and Paddy McGuinness are leading the tributes to legendary actor Dennis Waterman, whose death was announced today. A statement confirmed that the Minder and New Tricks star died aged 74 on Sunday, with wife Pam by his side. The family have asked for privacy as their grieve, revealing that the ‘beloved’ star ‘passed away very peacefully in hospital in Spain.

Minnie Driver takes a trip down memory lane in her new book, Managing Expectations: A Memoir in Essays. ET's Rachel Smith spoke with the British actress about the collection of essays, which details everything from her late mother's death to the making of  and her relationship with her co-star, Matt Damon.«The filmmaker, Gus Van Sant, and Matt and Ben [Affleck], I think they were really left alone to make the film that they wanted to make,» Driver said of why she thinks the Oscar-winning film has such lasting power 25 years later.Having the studio's attention elsewhere didn't hurt either.«It was an interesting moment.

EXCLUSIVE: WME has inked double BAFTA nominated filmmaker Rose Glass.

Great Yorkshire Show. The Yorkshire Shepherdess and star of Our Yorkshire Farm will be on stage, organisers of the show said this morning (Tuesday). Amanda will be appearing on the new GYS Stage, on Friday, July 15.

EXCLUSIVE: Former top ICM talent and literary agent John Burnham, who left earlier this month to become a manager and partner at Atlas Artists and Atlas Literary, has signed Alex O’Loughlin as a client.

BBC Scotland show The Nine, Coogan said: “It’s funny because on the one hand I’m pro-European and, I mean, when Brexit happened I was thinking of moving to Scotland. That’s what I felt.”He added: “I can totally understand the desire for Scottish independence.