Snooker Legend Jimmy White Lines Up TV Role; ‘Gladiators’ S3 Commission; Fox Strikes CEE Deals; BTS Doc Date; Swipe Films Sales — Global Briefs

Snooker Legend Jimmy White Lines Up TV Role; ‘Gladiators’ S3 Commission; Fox Strikes CEE Deals; BTS Doc Date; Swipe Films Sales — Global Briefs

[ad_1] Snooker Legend Cues Up TV Role EXCLUSIVE: Snooker legend Jimmy White is set to cameo in series Write To Kill from author and producer David P. Perlmutter. As we previously told you, the series follows an aspiring author, cursed with writer’s block and ridden with debt, who is offered a huge amount of money to commit a…

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Evangeline Lilly Cancels Italian Global Series Festival Appearance For Health Reasons: “Deeply Sad I Can’t Be There With You”

Evangeline Lilly Cancels Italian Global Series Festival Appearance For Health Reasons: “Deeply Sad I Can’t Be There With You”

[ad_1] Evangeline Lilly has cancelled an appearance at the Italian Global Series Festival (IGSF) for health reasons. The star, who stepped away from acting last year, was awarded a Maximo Excellence Award for her work on Lost last night, but was unable to attend in person. She has in recent weeks been recuperating after a…

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Leaked Internal BBC Messages Reveal Staff In Open Revolt Over “Failing” Gaza Output

Leaked Internal BBC Messages Reveal Staff In Open Revolt Over “Failing” Gaza Output

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: BBC employees openly revolted about the UK national broadcaster’s Gaza coverage during an all-staff meeting earlier this month, per leaked messages seen by Deadline. Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, hosted an “ask me anything” event with employees in June, during which he was grilled about editorial decisions relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict.…

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UK Actors Union Says “Thousands Of Performers” Have Been “Digitally Scanned On Set Without Their Informed Consent” In Open Letter To Pact

UK Actors Union Says “Thousands Of Performers” Have Been “Digitally Scanned On Set Without Their Informed Consent” In Open Letter To Pact

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of UK actors have been “digitally scanned on set without their informed consent,” according to an open letter from Brit actors union Equity urging progress on artificial intelligence as it returns to the negotiating table with Pact. “We also have no transparency around how our performances, likeness and personal data are being…

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Big US banks expected to ace stress tests, boost dividends

Big US banks expected to ace stress tests, boost dividends

[ad_1] [NEW YORK] The biggest US lenders are expected to clear the Federal Reserve’s annual health check this year, showing they have ample capital that can be used to boost dividends, analysts said. The results of the central bank’s so-called “stress tests” on Friday (Jun 27) will determine how much cash lenders would need to…

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Kevin Spacey Receives Italian Global Series Festival Award & Praises Franco Nero For “Casting Me When Very Few Had The Guts”

Kevin Spacey Receives Italian Global Series Festival Award & Praises Franco Nero For “Casting Me When Very Few Had The Guts”

[ad_1] Kevin Spacey picked up a Maximo Excellent award at the inaugural Italian Global Series Festival (IGSF) last night, as his comeback continued. The Se7en actor took to the red carpet in Riccione, Italy, and was met with applause before later taking to the stage to collect the prize. During an acceptance speech, Spacey praised…

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Presenter Launches Legal Action Against GB News After Saying He Was Dismissed For Calling Former Home Secretary “A Racist”

Presenter Launches Legal Action Against GB News After Saying He Was Dismissed For Calling Former Home Secretary “A Racist”

[ad_1] An ex-GB News presenter is taking the network to court after claiming he was dismissed for calling the former Home Secretary a “racist and a thoroughly bigoted woman.” Albie Amankona is being supported by the UK’s Good Law Project and says he is headed to an employment tribunal for alleged racial discrimination, belief discrimination,…

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Mark Gatiss Drama ‘Bookish’ Sells Widely & Trailer Drops: “Leave Nothing Out, Especially If It’s Salacious, Gory, Or Vaguely Scandalous”

Mark Gatiss Drama ‘Bookish’ Sells Widely & Trailer Drops: “Leave Nothing Out, Especially If It’s Salacious, Gory, Or Vaguely Scandalous”

[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Bookish buzz is building. The trailer for the crime drama shows Mark Gatiss’ character, the bookshop owner and sleuth Gabriel Book, speaking to a London police officer as they survey a crime scene. “Leave nothing out, especially if it’s salacious, gory, or vaguely scandalous,” Book tells Scotland Yard’s finest. Bookish is for UKTV…

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