WME Signs Award Winning British Hip Hop Artist Akala

Ashley Banjo is set to replace Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent as he recovers from a broken back.The opportunity for Ashely, 31, will make his BGT journey go full circle as he won the series in 2009 as part of dance group Diversity. Simon sung Ashely’s praises as he shared the news that Ashely will be filling in for him as he recovers from his injuries.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: APA has signed up Jose Luis Moreno’s Spanish production company YouMore TV as it looks to expand its operations in the U.S.YouMore TV, which also owns a multi-channel network and produces live concerts, is currently in production on Jane Seymour and Denise Richards’ Glow And Darkness, a three-season English language drama set in the Middle Ages.Filming halted on the series earlier this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Taylor Swift surprised a number of independent record stores in the US yesterday (August 20) by shipping them signed CD copies of her recent album ‘Folklore’.Released last month, ‘Folklore’ features collaborations with Bon Iver and The National‘s Aaron Dessner and last week enjoyed a third consecutive week at the top of the UK albums chart.A number of independent record stores in the US reported receiving limited shipments of ‘Folklore’ CDs yesterday, all of which had been signed by Swift

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEXCLUSIVE: British fashion entrepreneur Conna Walker has signed with WME.The self-made House of CB and Mistress Rocks CEO got her start in the fashion industry at 17 years-old. Ten years later, Walker’s  House of CB brand has established more than 40 retail stores in the United States, U.K.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Welsh actress Alexa Davies, who stars in the upcoming UK series Dead Pixels on the CW, and White House Farm on HBO Max, has signed with Atlas Artists for management.Davies portrays Meg in Dead Pixels, which was acquired by the CW from BBC Studios earlier this year. Based on his 2016 Channel 4 short, Avatards, Dead Pixels was written by BAFTA-winning writer, Jon Brown (Fresh Meat, Veep) and produced by Peep Show’s Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.

We applauded with encores and standing ovations as the fourth season of Insecure came to an end, now, we wait impatiently for season five for our fix of just... "everything" a black woman wants and needs from a binge-watchable series.

Chernobyl are to create a new horror-comedy series about motherhood.The Baby, which will begin production in the UK in 2021, is described in a press release as a funny, raw examination of motherhood as an institution.Siân Robins-Grace (Sex Education) has written the script and is joined by Lucy Gaymer (Gangs Of London).

Here’s an interesting one with a semi-interesting story. Like Netflix back in the day, HBO Max has to fill its content coffers and one way the streaming service is doing that—just like Netflix and Amazon did originally—is license previously made content and repackage it as something relatively new.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticBrent Carver, a stage and screen actor who won the 1993 Tony Award for his performance in Broadway’s The Kiss of the Spider Woman, died Tuesday at his home in Cranbrook, British Columbia, his family reported to the local newspaper there. He was 68.A cause of death was not specified.“Our family is sharing news of Brent Carver’s passing on Aug 4 at home in Cranbrook, BC, his birthplace and favourite place on Earth,” read the family statement.

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Peter White Television EditorBritish comedy Stath Lets Flats is the little show that could. The Channel 4 comedy has had a pretty good few weeks – beating Fleabag twice at the BAFTA TV Awards.The show follows an incompetent rental agent, played by creator Jamie Demetriou, who runs a Greek-Cypriot letting agency in London, owned by his father.