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Cape Town’s Manila von Teez is thought to be the first drag star to be included in the Mail & Guardian’s annual 200 Young South Africans list, which features a number of other LGBTIQA+ individuals and allies.

Manchester Evening News asked shoppers at The Rock in Bury town centre if they think a lockdown for the borough is on its way. Many of them all came out with one word: inevitable.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Juliet Landau, who is best known for her role as the mean girl vampire in the cult favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, has inked a worldwide distribution deal with Modern Films for her feature film directorial debut A Place Among The Dead.Landau will also star in the feature alongside icons Gary Oldman, Ron Perlman, Robert Patrick, Lance Henriksen and Buffy creator Joss Whedon.

Ford v Ferrari co-writer Jason Keller will make his directorial debut helming the feature film La Sombra (The Shadow) for Sherborne Media Finance and Paprika Financing. Keller will direct the crime drama from his own original screenplay as the island of Puerto Rico becomes a battleground and one man takes on a powerful local gang after his brother is kidnapped.

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Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin young U.K. directors get a powerful new resource in Director Now from “Humans” director Lewis Arnold, Endemol Shine Poland starts shooting “The Crack,” Starzplay gets “High Fidelity” in Latin America and parts of Europe, plus Australia Media House and Leonine announce major hires.DIRECTORSMore than 100 emerging U.K.

Afro Nation Portugal has announced the next wave of acts for their 2021 festival.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterVariety International Editor Manori Ravindran will moderate a conversation about succeeding in the global streaming economy with Yulia Poltorak, Head of International Content Distribution, Roku; Jane Millichip, Chief Commercial Officer, Sky Studios; Kelly Day, Chief Operating Officer, ViacomCBS Networks International; Debbie Weinstein, VP, YouTube and video global solutions, Google; and Stefan Lederer, CEO, Bitmovin.

Tracee Ellis Ross is reflecting on her experiences

Pussy Riot, has decried the state of Russian democracy in a powerful new op-ed.Writing inThe New York Times, Tolokonnikova shared her thoughts in an article titled: ““I’m an Activist in Russia.

Jeff Daniels' James Comey and Brendan Gleeson's President Donald Trump face off in the first trailer for Showtime's limited series, The Comey Rule. The preview opens with the revived look into Hillary Clinton's emails just days before the 2016 election.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIt’s become normal that John Oliver starts every episode of Last Week Tonight by saying “A lot happened this week” because it is wildly accurate. It seemed that this week he was speaking a mile-a-minute in order to try to fit in pertinent news at the top of the show.First on the list was the Democratic National Convention which many were calling an “unconventional” convention, thinking that they were the ones that coined that phrase.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFamilystyle has entered into a first-look deal with Entertainment 360, the joint venture between MRC Television and Management 360, Variety has learned exclusively.Familystyle is the production company run by Karyn Kusama, Matt Manfredi, and Phil Hay. The first project being developed under the deal is the series “The Occupant.” Kusama is attached to direct with Manfredi and Hay attached to write.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A paisley teenager, who amassed more than 700,000 followers on social media, says being named a Young Scot Award finalist is “her proudest moment”.Kristen, who is a massive star on the video sharing website TikTok, says being shortlisted for the entertainment award has been the pinnacle of what has so far been an exceptional career.The 15 year old lost out on the top award to actor Ncuti Gatwa from

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSeth MacFarlane and Chadwick Boseman are teaming as executive producers on a limited series about the Little Rock Nine that is currently in development at Universal Content Productions (UCP).The untitled series is set in 1957 after the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education.