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Exclusive: Comedian and writer Julian Clary (Julian Clary: Live – Lord of the Mince) will play the title role in this festive season’s London Palladium pantomime Robin Hood, with singer and travel show presenter Jane McDonald (Cruising with Jane McDonald) topping the bill as Maid Marion.

The annual Palladium show, now in its ninth consecutive season, has become an eagerly awaited staple in the West End’s calendar. It runs from December 7 through January 12, 2025. Priority booking opens 10 Am (GMT) April 25.

Last year’s production, Peter Pan, with comedy legend Jennifer Saunders making her pantomime debut as Captain Hook, and with Clary playing Seaman Smee, was a sold-out success, playing 56 performances -often two a day – to an audience of more than 123,000 at the 2,200 capacity variety house.

When tickets went on sale, there was a moment when 90,000 people were in the queue, waiting their turn to book seats.

One of the many, many, many problems with the Academy Awards is that with only five nominees in each category — and even with 10 nominees for Best Picture — there's always at least one worthy artist or movie that doesn't get recognized.

In the industry we call these "snubs," and it's a somewhat loaded term that suggests the Oscar voters are deciding, intentionally, not to honor certain filmmakers and their films. While that's certainly a possibility, and there's no denying that the Academy members are human beings full of conscious and unconscious biases, it's also true that in a year full of great artistry in a variety of cinematic fields, at least one person who did amazing work was destined to get left off the ballot, and it's always a real downer for the artist and their fans.

But what if being left off the ballot wasn't the end of their story?...

Writer-director Rian Johnson‘s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” boasts an impeccably cast comic ensemble that includes Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, and Kathryn Hahn, all of whom Johnson credited with bringing great ideas to the film. Not that having a great cast made things easy — to the contrary, the expansive company of actors, combined with limited locations (even if one of them was the architecturally stunning structure that gives the movie its title) made the task of blocking far more difficult than it ever was in one of the action sequences of “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Last Jedi” or “Looper.”

“‘Knives Out’ only had a couple of scenes where everybody was in a room together talking,” Johnson told IndieWire, “and in those scenes, everyone’s sitting down for the most part, which makes it a lot easier. In ‘Glass Onion,’ there were a bunch...

Bizaardvark TV Series Renewed for Season Two on Disney ChannelWhile the news is not yet up on the press site, Deadline reports the Bizaardvark TV show has been renewed for a second season on Disney Channel. The live-action comedy follows Paige (Olivia Rodrigo) and Frankie (Madison Hu). These quirky teens write funny songs and create music comedy videos for their online channel, “Bizaardvark.”Jake Paul, DeVore Ledridge, and Ethan Wacker also star. Eric Friedman executive produces. Creators Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman co-executive produce with Michael Curtis.Read More…...

Jonas Brothers will have their second season of "J.O.N.A.S!" premiered on Sunday, June 20 at 8.30 P.M. on Disney Channel. New episodes of the comedy series, which is now titled "Jonas L.A.", feature Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas and two familiar faces Chelsea Staub and Nicole Anderson.

For the second season of the series, the entire shot was filmed on location around Los Angeles. The show follows Kevin, Joe and Nick, along with their security chief Big Man, played by Robert Feggans, in their summer vacation in a rental house in the Hollywood Hills after wrapping their world tour.

Chelsea and Nicole, who portray Stella and Macy respectively, join them in a nearby guesthouse, accompanied by Stella's aunts Lisa, played by Beth Crosby. The series also stars Abby Pivaronas' Vanessa Page who soon has a closer relationship with Joe.

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Jonas Brothers has begun season two production of their show "J.O.N.A.S!", and several first photos capturing what the new season has to offer have come out. Three in all, the pictures teases on the one scene showing all three members of the musical trio riding along in a convertible with their gal pals.

While the images are taken from different angles, they all expose Kevin Jonas driving the red-colored car. Riding shotgun is his brother Joe Jonas. The youngest of the band, Nick Jonas in the meantime, gets sandwiched in between co-stars Chelsea Staub and Nicole Anderson on the back seat.

On Tuesday, February 16, 17-year-old Nick has taken it to his Twitter account to express his enthusiasm for the first day of shooting. He tweeted, "So excited second season of Jonas filming starts right now!" Hours later, he posted another tweet, writing "@HeyItsNicoleA @itschelseastaub @joejonas great first day of shooting!

"J.O.N.A.S!" could get a visit from Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana in season 2, but before that happens, Jonas Brothers will try to improve their acting skills. The band's youngest member Nick Jonas spilled the beans on the band's plan for new season in a recent interview with MTV News .

"Right now we're just trying to get our acting together before we have guests," 17-year-old Nick opened up about what the boys have in mind for the new season. "There's a lot of new changes, a lot of exciting things. I think for my brothers and I and the rest of the cast, we've all [said we want it to be] the best it can be. Really giving it our all. We've grown as actors. Hopefully we can bring the fun and a better show to the fans."

When pressed on whether the title character of Disney's series "Hannah Montana" will hang out with the boys,...

The Jonas Brothers are keepers at Disney Channel.

The cable channel has ordered a second season of the pop stars' comedy series "Jonas" and has tapped new executive producers: showrunner Lester Lewis and director Paul Hoen.

Disney Channels Worldwide entertainment president Gary Marsh called Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas, who are in Italy as part of the European leg of their Live Nation-produced world concert tour, to give them the pickup news.

Production on Season 2 of "Jonas" is slated to begin in February for a premiere in the middle of next year.

Additionally, Disney Channel has renewed the trio's short-form reality series "Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream" for a second season. Filming already is under way for a premiere early next year.

"These guys are the superstars of their generation," Marsh said. "We had the opportunity to extend our relationship with them, which we did."

Disney's collaboration with the brothers...

Fox has given a late pilot order to Jack's House, a comedy pilot from 20th Century Fox Television and writer-producer Phoef Sutton. Meanwhile, Friends alumnus Michael Curtis has come on board as executive producer/showrunner on UPN's comedy pilot Old School, from Paramount Network TV. Over at the WB Network, Emmy-winning Survivor producer Mark Burnett's company has come a board as a co-producer of the network's upcoming reality series North Shore.