‘Wednesday’ and ‘The Witcher’ Casting Director Sophie Holland on Seeking Diversity and the Power of Casting to Change People’s Perceptions

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor This article first appeared as part of Jenelle Riley’s Acting Up newsletter – to subscribe for early content and weekly updates on all things acting, visit the Acting Up signup page. Live theater is already a rush but there’s something extra exhilarating when something goes wrong. Nobody knows this better than The Mischief Theatre Company, which began in 2008 as an improvisational group before launching a global franchise of plays, specials and series focusing on performances that go horribly awry.

A special candlelight show featuring some of the best movie and TV soundtracks performed live by a string quartet at Manchester Cathedral will take place later this month.

back-to-school shopping lists are starting to take shape for those gearing up for college. As you prepare for move-in day, make sure you don't overlook your dorm room and off-campus cooking tools.Gone are the days of having to turn on a stovetop burner to heat up the water for your French press coffee or morning tea. Electric kettles can boil water at the flick of a switch.

Scottish reality star Laura Anderson is due to give birth to her daughter in just a matter of weeks, and although she hasn't revealed a due date, she has hinted she could arrive on a "special date".

Sandra Bullock is in mourning. The actress' long-time partner, Bryan Randall, died on Saturday, Aug.

Lala Kent offered a glimpse at how the Vanderpump Rules cast has been adjusting to sharing the screen with Tom Sandoval after his cheating scandal with Raquel Leviss.

You might be asking, where has British filmmaker Andrew Haigh been, and the answer is right here and under your nose. While he hasn’t made a feature-length film since 2017’s English coming-of-age movie, “Lean On Pete,” starring Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny and Travis Fimmel, he was right back on it in 2021 with The BBC miniseries “The North Water” starring Colin Farrell, Jack O’Connell and Stephen Graham.

The Witcher actor Joey Batey has revealed a plot point in season four that’s a “fan favourite” moment from the books.Batey returns as bard Jaskier in season three, part two of the Netflix show, which will be the last time fans get to see Henry Cavill in the role of Geralt Of Rivia.In a new interview with Metro, Batey referenced a significant detail from the books that he said he’s looking forward to portraying in the show.“I’m just glad that Jaskier’s still in it,” he joked, adding: “There’s a thing called the hanza, which I’m looking forward to exploring. It’s a bit of a fan-favourite moment I think.”In The Witcher books written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, Geralt’s company, or hanza, is a group of people that teams up to rescue Ciri.

Captain Lee isn’t just caught up on Below Deck drama — he also has plenty of thoughts on Tom Sandoval‘s Vanderpump Rules cheating scandal with Raquel Leviss.

Sigourney Weaver stars in the Prime Video adaptation of Holly Ringland’s book, playing June Hart, a protective grandmother who takes in her troubled granddaughter, Alice — played by star Alycia Debnam-Carey — following a family tragedy.In ET's exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming series, which premieres on Aug. 4, June is approached at her flower farm by Sally (Asher Keddie), a woman seeking information on Alice and her past.However, June seems skeptical about Sally's motivations and desire to pry deeper into the inner workings of the farm.«Thornfield is a flower farm.

The Hives have shared two new songs – listen to ‘Trapdoor Solution’ and ‘The Bomb’ below.The Swedish indie band are due to release ‘The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons’ – their sixth album, and first studio effort in over a decade – next Friday (August 11) via Fuga. Pre-order/pre-save here.It’ll feature the tracks ‘Bogus Operandi’, ‘Countdown To Shutdown’ and ‘Rigor Mortis Radio’, all of which arrived this year.Now, the Hives have further previewed the imminent LP with two more cuts.

The Lathums are set to play secret set at Kendal Calling today (July 28) – and then immediately release it on vinyl.The Wigan band will play Tim Burgess‘ Tim Peaks stage at the festival, with the set then being immediately mixed and mastered and cut to vinyl at Press On Vinyl in Middlesbrough.200 copies of the vinyl will be available, with 100 of them returning to Kendal Calling for sale from 4pm on the day, with the others going online here.All proceeds from the online sale will go to The Lathums’ own charity Chance To See, while number 1/200 will be raffled off, with proceeds going to Burgess’ bursary scheme Help Us Help Bands.Burgess told NME of the event: “iI’ll be brilliant to have The Lathums back in Tim Peaks – Kendal Calling in 2019 was the first festival they had ever been to, this time they’ll have two number one albums under their belts.”The Lathums launched Chance To See earlier this year, with the charity helping provide young people with creative opportunities in their hometown of Wigan.The charitable endeavour – launched as part of a long-term partnership with the cultural education charity Curious Minds – will see 100 per cent of funds directed to established youth and community providers in Wigan, particularly to help young people who face economic or social inequality.“Just having an acoustic guitar when times have been tough has meant that The Lathums became possible and offered us escape from whatever was happening in our lives at the time,” the band said in a statement.“Some people can’t get their hands on a guitar or encounter any other form of creativity and the idea of never having that opportunity breaks our hearts.

Ariana Madix is leaving her past in the past — despite having to work with him!A source tells ET that the star refuses to film with her ex, Tom Sandoval, whose affair with castmate Raquel Leviss (now Rachel) played out during the show's 10th season. «Tom and Ariana haven’t filmed one-on-one and she’s telling her friends she won’t,» the source says.

Music legend Sinead O'Connor has tragically died aged 56 and floods of Outlander fans are amongst those paying tribute to the singer, after she sang a haunting rendition of the show's them tune for its latest season.

“Love Island” star plays Emcee Ken in “Barbie”,  and during a recent visit with “Piers Morgan Uncensored” he revealed how an NSFW conversation with star Margot Robbie got him the part.

Randy Fullmer, a Walt Disney Animation Studios effects animator, VFX supervisor and producer who worked on such classics as The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, has died. He was 73. The studio said he died July 10 at his home in Woodland Hills, CA, after a long cancer battle.

Air-conditioned Broadway held its own as New York City plunged ever deeper into a hot summer last week, with total box office receipts keeping steady at $31,520,593, a tiny increase of 2% over the previous week.

These actors could have been Ken-tenders.

Scheana Shay hinted that the season 11 Vanderpump Rules cast trip one to remember — but not for the best reasons.

Ariana Madix isn’t taking it easy on her ex, Tom Sandoval, now that Scandoval has simmered down.