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Gailard Sartain Dies: ‘Hee Haw,’ ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ Actor Was 78
Gailard Sartain, the character actor and comedian whose breakthrough role on Hee Haw launched a career of playing Southern good-ol’-boy that included his memorable performance as The Big Bopper...
King Charles & Idris Elba Team On Netflix Documentary Project
Idris Elba and King Charles have partnered to produce a documentary project for Netflix. The film will explore The King’s Trust, a UK-based charity founded in 1976 by King...
Jimmy Kimmel Takes Off For The Summer, Jokes About Rudy Giuliani, Prince Harry & Mel Gibson Guest Hosting
Jimmy Kimmel has taken off for his summer holiday, paving the way for a swathe of celebrity guest hosts. Deadline revealed yesterday that the likes of Anthony Anderson, Kumail...
Patrick Whitesell’s WTSL Adds Longtime Endeavor Exec Jason Lublin As President And Partner
Jason Lublin has left Endeavor after a two-decade run and will join Patrick Whitesell‘s WTSL as president and partner. Most recently CFO at Endeavor, Lublin will now work closely...
Dr. Seuss Enterprises Bosses Make YouTube “Top Company Priority” As Family Brand Readies ‘Seuss Circle Time’ & Expands Little Dot Studios Pact
EXCLUSIVE: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose,” goes the famous Dr. Seuss refrain – and...
‘Color Out Of Space’ & ‘Hardware’ Director Richard Stanley To Make Horror Film At UK Heavy Metal Festival
EXCLUSIVE: Cult genre filmmaker Richard Stanley, known for movies including Hardware, Dust Devil and Color Out Of Space, has been set to direct horror Steel Donkeys for new UK...
International Insider: ’28 Years Later’ Arrives; Landmark Netflix-TF1 Deal; NHK At 100
Another week down, Insiders, and it was a hot one in Europe. We had journalists in France and Spain (at two separate events) to gather up the top stories...
BBC Hits AI Startup Perplexity With Legal Threat Over Content Scraping Concerns
The BBC has sent a legal threat to Perplexity, citing allegations that the AI startup is scraping the British national broadcaster’s content. In one of its first major copyright...
BBC’s BAFTA-Winning Doc Series ‘Once Upon A Time In…’ Turns Eye To Middle East
The BBC will trace the history of conflict in the Middle East in a documentary series that extends its BAFTA-winning Once Upon A Time In… brand. Once Upon a...
Chris Brown Pleads Not Guilty To Grievous Bodily Harm Charge At London Court Appearance
Chris Brown entered a not guilty plea in his grievous bodily harm case this morning at a court in London. The 36-year-old is accused of an unprovoked attack on...
Australian ‘Guilt’ Remake; Nine Entertainment Restructure; ‘Lemurian Candidate’ Adds Cast; British Short Film Awards Sold – Global Briefs
BBC Dark Comedy ‘Guilt‘ Remade In Australia Guilt, the dark BBC comedy out of Scotland starring Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives, in being remade in Australia. Production has begun...
