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Fans of Netflix’s “Sex Education” should prepare themselves to say goodbye to Maeve Wiley.

Winning an Oscar is not easy and Emma Thompson is opening up about campaigning to win an Academy Award and how it made her “seriously ill.”

The incoming Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)/ BT Group UK sports streaming JV will be named TNT Sports, the U.S. media giant has revealed.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent It’s Monday after the Super Bowl, and at 8:30 a.m., Emma Grede has been awake for hours. After getting up at 5:00 a.m., Grede has just dropped off one of her four young children at school, and is now on her way to her offices in Culver City. The British businesswoman lives with her family in Bel Air, but is feeling extra rested after having spent the weekend at her second home in Malibu where she woke up this morning. “What have I ever been doing? This is why you live in California,” a chipper Grede says over the phone from her car. “I worked a paper route when I was 12, and I really learned the joy of the morning — that quiet time, it’s so precious. I have my coffee, I like to have a moment to think and I do a workout. But I wake up naturally. I wake up 15 minutes before any alarm goes off.”

The Great British Bake Off‘s executive producer has said that people were justified in criticizing Season 13 of the hit competition series.

Good Morning Britain has come under fire after discussing South Park's fresh dig at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have become the latest inspiration for an episode of the US cartoon, which features a copy of a book entitled Waaagh, following the release of Harry's book, Spare.

Rihanna doesn’t have time for social media trolls.

Josie Gibson was awkwardly shut down when she quizzed Matt Goss on his dance moves. The Bros star appeared on This Morning on Thursday (February 16) to chat to the presenter and her co-host Dermot O'Leary about his upcoming tour.

Ruth Langsford wasted no time in outing Coleen Nolan's off-air remarks as they both appeared on Loose Women. The pair were back on the ITV lunchtime show's panel on Tuesday (February 14) alongside Denise Welch and Janet Street-Porter.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical’s early bid for the sci-fi thriller Simulant, currently in post-production, paid off for the company with US and UK/IRE distribution rights. Vertical will release the film on May 5th beginning with a DIRECTV On Demand exclusive followed by the day & date release on June 2nd. Myriad Pictures will be selling international distribution rights.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Warner Bros. Discovery has extended its rights to show the U.S. Open in 45 markets across Europe, including exclusive access in 42 territories, after reaching a new five-year agreement with the United States Tennis Association (USTA). Territories excluded from the deal are Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and Ireland. The deal includes live and highlights rights with every match on every court available to stream on discovery+ and the Eurosport app in addition to live television coverage during the tournament on Eurosport 1 and 2. Markets including the Nordics will also have the option to showcase the best matches on Warner Bros. Discovery’s free-to-air channels.

Chloe Sims appears to be living her best life in America after recently taking the plunge and relocating to Los Angeles. The Only Way Is Essex favourite Chloe, 41, officially swapped Essex for sunny California in January, after jet setting between the US and UK for several months prior to the big move.The mum-of-one, who has moved with her daughter Madison, 17, appears to be making the most of the sunshine over in the US, and was recently snapped enjoying a day out at Miami Beach, Florida.

Diego Boneta is making a new romantic comedy. “At Midnight” follows Alejandro (Boneta), a hotel manager that falls in love with Sophie (Monica Barbaro), a Hollywood movie star who’s staying at the hotel he works in as she films her new movie. They feel a spark as soon as they meet, but can only meet at midnight when both of their schedules allow it and there’s no one around.

EXCLUSIVE: For the second time this week, we can reveal a milestone performance for a Mubi film, with the update that Park Chan-wook’s Decision To Leave has become the company’s most streamed film in North America.

Emma Willis may be in one of the most inhospitable places in the UK but she is glad she is not dealing with midges and that she’s stocked up on Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers.

Ewan McGregor and his daughter Clara are starring in their first feature film together which is set to premiere next month.

Game Of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Romola Garai (Suffragette, Becoming Elizabeth) are set to star in Joanna Coates’s gothic horror Virtue, which Hanway Films will launch sales on at the EFM later this month.Set in England in 1350, Coster-Waldau will star as heroic knight St. Peter who returns from war with his teenage son to discover a plague-ravaged homeland riven by social unrest, superstition and fear. 

DEALSPeermusic has signed The Reytons – who are currently at number one in the UK album chart – to a worldwide publishing deal, via its joint venture with Max Music Publishing. “I am delighted to see a great independent band, on an indie label and published by an independent publisher, reach the top of the UK album charts”, says MD of Peermusic UK Nigel Elderton. “Congratulations to the entire team who have worked so hard to make this possible, including our partners at Max Music”.Warner Chappell has signed German rapper Shirin David to a worldwide publishing deal.

Lorraine Kelly has revealed that she was snubbed by Matt Hancock after he was invited to appear on her ITV show.

There’s change afoot at Love Island seller ITV Studios.