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Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir presents a special episode for children, airing on Sky Arts on Wednesday, 19 June 2024, at 8:00 pm. This episode offers a unique and engaging experience for young viewers as Jim and Nancy Moir set out to explore the fascinating world of common and urban birds. In this […]

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The popular series Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir concludes with its final episode, “Ireland: Little Tern,” airing on Sky Arts on Wednesday, 12 June 2024, at 9:00 pm. In this episode, the artistic couple, Jim and Nancy Moir, explore Leinster in search of Little Terns. They meet Irish musician Imelda May and bird […]

Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir: Ireland: Little Tern...

Prolific artist Jim and his wife, Nancy Moir, explore the forests of the Cairngorms in search of the elusive Crested Tit in a new episode of Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir airing on Sky Arts on Wednesday 5 June. The couple is joined by actor Ronni Ancona, with whom they create artistic works […]

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Sky has unveiled seven original comedy shorts at the Edinburgh Television Festival written by and starring the likes of Rosie Jones, Desiree Burch and Jordan Stephens, while ordering Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir (working title) and greenlighting a fifth season of Brassic.

The seven shorts, which will air on Sky Arts and YouTube in 2023, explore everything from dating anxiety and rural life to pub quizzes and imaginary friends. Scroll down for full details below.

The others onboard include the likes of Jess Fostekew and Jordan Brookes.

Sky Comedy Shorts have been a traditional avenue for comedy talent, with Sharon Horgan’s Dreamland featuring Lily Allen coming from the program along with Samson Kayo’s Bloods.

Sky Comedy Shorts were commissioned by Jon Mountague, Director of Comedy at Sky Studios for Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content at Sky UK & Ireland. The Commissioning Editor for Sky is Tilusha Ghelani.

Ron Moody in 'Oliver!' movie. Ron Moody: 'Oliver!' actor nominated for an Oscar dead at 91 (Note: This Ron Moody article is currently being revised.) Two well-regarded, nonagenarian British performers have died in the last few days: 93-year-old Christopher Lee (June 7, '15), best known for his many portrayals of Dracula and assorted movie villains and weirdos, from the title role in The Mummy to Dr. Catheter in Gremlins 2: The New Batch. 91-year-old Ron Moody (yesterday, June 11), among whose infrequent film appearances was the role of Fagin, the grotesque adult leader of a gang of boy petty thieves, in the 1968 Best Picture Academy Award-winning musical Oliver!, which also earned him a Best Actor nomination. Having been featured in nearly 200 movies and, most importantly, having had his mainstream appeal resurrected by way of the villainous Saruman in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies (and various associated merchandising,...

For the next three hours, the best of 2014's television will be celebrated at a lavish ceremony starring everyone from Danny Dyer to the bloke from The Chase.

The 2015 National Television Awards will reward the very best (or highest-voted) soaps, dramas, comedies and more. Dermot O'Leary will once again host the event live from The O2 in London on ITV.

So grab a cup of tea, prepare for madness and enjoy Ant & Dec winning the Best TV Presenter(s) trophy, as Digital Spy takes you through the evening from 7.30pm.

22:03So there we have it for another year! A pretty darn well-run ship by Dermot, and a generally enjoyable show. What did you think of the winners? Any big snubs? All in agreement? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for joining us!

22:02Of course, one more mention of Mrs Brown before the end.

22:00Claudia Winkleman can be seen going "What?...

The anti-hero has dominated cable television for almost a decade now, and is one of the main reasons it has begun to lure away ratings from the networks. It allows for provocative and visceral television with almost a cinematic flare with protagonists that are complicated and deep. It has given us some of the most memorable and unapologetic characters in television history with the likes of Tony Soprano, Detective Vic Mackey, Jax Teller, Nancy Botwin, Don Draper, and Walter White.

Network television has tried to find their own heroes with a dark side, and they've delivered characters like Gregory House and Jack Bauer. It has always felt like they've remained on the surface level of the dark side and never fully been willing to plunge into the murky depths. In the case of a show like 24 that made sense, because in the end, we still wanted Jack to be our action hero.

With Mick and Linda Carter (played by Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright) on their way to take over The Queen Vic this Christmas, they will be joined by two of their three children, Nancy and Johnny.

Mummy’s boy Johnny is the baby of the family. The first Carter to go to uni, he’s a gentle boy who’s happy to let the rest of his family be the centre of attention. But Johnny has a secret that is going to place him right at the centre of a family storm.

19 year old Sam Strike (represented by Lee Morgan Management) from Essex will be playing Johnny. Sam has previously appeared in Cbbc's M.I.High. Speaking of joining EastEnders, Sam said "I'm really excited to be joining EastEnders and the Carter family. They're all really strong characters and I can't wait to see what EastEnders has planned for us all. I've...

Fancy watching some poor punter getting a back, sack and crack from Rustie Lee? Want a waxing from Helen Flanagan? Is Arg from Towie delivering pedicures what you've been waiting for all these years? Well, wait no more people. Celebrity Super Spa has arrived.

I've already had the joy of watching episode one of Super Spa. I've seen the awkward and cringeworthy hosts. I've seen Helen Flanagan prancing around without any trousers on. I've seen Rustie Lee cackling. 867 times.

And I'll probably watch it all over again tonight (September 13) when it airs on Channel 5. Firstly, because I'm a glutton for terrible television. Secondly, because I'm fairly convinced it may be the most desperate celebrity reality show ever concieved. Even by Channel 5's late night standards, this is awful. It makes The Bachelor look like The Sopranos.

So where does the show fit in the history of degrading and embarrassing celebrity reality shows?...

DC favorite, filmmaker/author Stephen Romano, knows his classic sleazy cinema better than anyone. That's why when we wrote in with some surprising news, we had no choice but to share it. Read on for the details surrounding Shout! Factory's release of Sam Raimi's Crimewave!

"As far as I know, and according to Bruce Campbell's commentary, this film was never actually (or at least widely) released in movie theaters," Romano tells us. "We all caught up with this on tape and on cable, back in the 1980s. I still have my VHS copy, which I've watched at least 20-30 times over the years, it being one of my very favorite Raimi Movies. I'm the guy who can literally quote chapter and verse from the dialogue. You need to know this about me because today I watched the Shout! Factory Blu-ray edition for the first time, and it turns...

Update: In response, Michael Camacho tells Deadline: “I was in charge of unscripted television at UTA when his agency signed several of the principal characters of Pawn Stars. I have never met or spoken to the former agents or the clients and was unaware of any claim.” The former agents of the stars of History’s Pawn Stars today sued the network, executives Nancy Dubac and Mary Donahue, A&E and former UTA agent Michael Camacho for allegedly poaching their clients. Citing $5 million in lost commissions and damages (read complaint here), Venture Iab claims that it set up Pawn Stars’ Richard B. Harrison, Richard K. Harrison, Richard C. Harrison and Austen Russell on the reality show. The agents say they signed the group as clients in 2007 and again in 2009. Pawn Stars debuted on History on July 19, 2009. It was not long after that things started to go sour between the...

CNN vet Rob Marciano has been named Entertainment Tonight‘s new co-anchor.

“I am honored to be joining the distinguished and talented team at Entertainment Tonight, all of whom are the gold standard in entertainment journalism,” the journalist said Monday in a statement. “For over 30 years, Et has been a powerhouse in the entertainment industry and to be part of that blue chip franchise is a dream come true.”

Marciano, who has covered news and weather for CNN since 2003, is slated to begin co-hosting opposite Nancy O’Dell in Jan. 2013.

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Phil Tufnell and David Gest will be among the celebrities taking part in a special episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Vic Reeves and wife Nancy Sorrell will also team up for an I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! special of the quiz show hosted by Chris Tarrant. The comedian will be raising money for animal rescue charity the Born Free Foundation, while Sorrell will be playing for medical research charity Tommy's. Former winner Joe Pasquale will also answer questions for the drug and alcohol rehab centre Focus 12, with Tufnell attempting to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Meanwhile, (more)...

Bennett Miller, the Oscar-nominated director behind Moneyball, is firming up the cast for his next feature, Foxcatcher, which is set to be a fascinating film for all involved.

Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo have all come on board since last autumn, and now Deadline report that Sienna Miller has been cast in the drama, based on a tragic true story.

Carell stars as paranoid schizophrenic, John duPont, a multimillionaire and member of the notable du Pont family, who shot and killed his long-time friend and Olympic champion wrestler, Dave Schultz (Ruffalo).

Tatum is set to star as Schultz’s brother, Mark, with Sienna Miller now joining the cast as Ruffalo’s wife, Nancy.

Miller is directing from a script co-written by past collaborator Dan Futterman (Capote) and E. Max Frye (Band of Brothers), and the director will be producing alongside the increasingly, exponentially influential Megan Ellison (Lawless, The Master...

Bennett Miller, director of Moneyball, is making another true story sports-related drama – this time Foxcatcher, an Annapurna Pictures production starring Steve Carell as paranoid schizophrenic heir Jon DuPont.

DuPont started a training center for wrestlers. Olympic grappler Dave Schultz was a frequenter there and was tragically murdered by DuPont.

Mark Ruffalo will play Schultz.

Sienna Miller is set to play Nancy, Schultz’s wife.

Channing Tatum will be Schultz’s brother Mark.

Source: Deadline NY...

Director Bennett Miller‘s passion project follow-up to his smash hit Moneyball continues to take shape with the protracted roll-out of his final casting decisions. Deadline Hollywood reports that Sienna Miller is now set to play Nancy Schultz in Foxcatcher, based on the wrenching and bizarre story of the murder of Olympic wrestler (and Nancy’s husband) Dave Schultz. Mark Ruffalo has been attached to the Schultz role since April, along with the rest of an impressive cast that also includes Steve Carell and Channing Tatum. Miller has been trying to get the film made for years, so it’s heartening that he’s finally been able to compile such a talented line-up to tell the tale of the tragically murdered Schultz. And what a tale it is. The film tells the true story of John du Pont (Carell), the heir to the du Pont fortune who, as a huge supporter of amateur sports and USA Wrestling...

Model-turned-actress Sienna Miller (Tippi Hedren in upcoming BBC2 drama The Girl) has jumped onboard Bennett Miller‘s Foxcatcher, insane real-life wrestling drama, which stars Steve Carell as the mentally disturbed heir Jon DuPont.

Mr. du Pont was found guilty in 1997 of the shooting death of an Olympic champion freestyle wrestler, Dave Schultz. Mark Ruffalo will play Olympic grappler Schultz who was killed on the sprawling du Pont property in the Philadelphia suburb of Newtown Square, where the wrestler lived with his family while he was training for the Atlanta Olympics.

Miller will play his wife, Nancy while Channing Tatum is playing Schultz’s brother, Mark.

Scribed by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman (Capote) the story centers on a stamp-collecting, bird-watching multimillionaire and paranoid schizophrenic who built a wrestling training facility, Team Foxcatcher, on his 800-acre Pennsylvania estate and ended up shooting and killing his friend in front of Schultz...

Sienna Miller has joined Moneyball director Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher drama funded by Annapurna Pictures, reports Deadline. Carell plays Jon DuPont, the heir suffering from paranoid schizophrenia who created a training center for wrestlers and ended up murdering Dave Schultz, an Olympic grappler (played by Mark Ruffalo). Sienner Miller is in as Ruffalo's wife Nancy while Channing Tatum plays Mark, Schult's brother. Dan Futterman wrote the script with E. Max Frye. The film is produced by Jon Kilik, Megan Ellison, Anthony Bregman and Miller. Ted Schipper, Tom Heller and Michael Coleman serve as executive producer on Foxcatcher.

Wes Bentley and Brit Marling have joined The Green Blade Rises. The pair have signed on for the Terrence Malick-produced tale of the early years of President Abraham Lincoln, reports Deadline. The movie centres around the 16th president's formative years, with Bentley playing one of his first teachers. Marling will appear as his mother Nancy, who died when Lincoln was 9. The directorial debut of frequent Malick collaborator (more)...

Weeds may be ending this season, but it won’t burn out without the return of a familiar face.

Scandal‘s Guillermo Diaz will reprise his role as Nancy’s foe Guillermo Garcia Gomez in the final three episodes of the Showtime drama, TVGuide.com reports.

Oddly enough, the two may actually learn to like each other by the series’ swan song. “We see that Guillermo ends up being a friend,” Diaz tells the site.

Related | Scandal Casting Round-Up: Grey’s Anatomy Actor, Lost Grad Book Gigs In Season 2

Weeds — which airs Sundays at 10/9c — wraps its eight-year run on Sunday,...

• Kevin Costner has accepted the role of the mentor to Jack Ryan, played by Chris Pine, in the upcoming prequel and reboot of the CIA analyst franchise (previous films include The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games), reports Deadline.com. Kenneth Branagh is directing, and also stars as the film’s main bad guy in a script co-written by author Tom Clancy. A deal in the works also brings Costner in on the Jack Ryan spinoff Without Remorse.

• Kat Dennings (2 Broke Girls) will reprise her role as tech savvy Darcy Lewis in the Nordic god sequel Thor: The Dark World.

The "Shame" gal goes bad, a Reservoir Dog becomes royalty and "August: Osage County" gets even bigger as we look at the past week's casting activity.

Carey Mulligan will soon be channeling Nicole Kidman in "To Die For" as she signs on to play a femme fatale in the dark crime comedy, "Nancy and Danny," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The "Drive" beauty will star as a money-hungry woman who, after her big-city dreams go up in smoke, engages in a get-rich-quick scheme in order to land an old high school crush. Things probably go quite awry.

Speaking of Nicole Kidman, Variety reports that Tim Roth is set to join her in the rather bizarre true-life tale, "Grace of Monacco." The film follows Oscar winner Grace Kelly and her husband, Monaco's Prince Rainier III (Roth), who is charged by French leader Charles de Gaulle to reform Monaco's tax laws in six months' time.

More casting bits to share with you today.  Here they are in brief: Carey Mulligan (Drive) is in negotiations to star in the dark comedy thriller, Nancy and Danny.  James Marsh (Man on a Wire) is on board to direct from a Brad Ingelsby script. Elle Fanning (Super 8) is set to star in Olive's Ocean, an adaptation of Kevin Henke's 2004 Newbury Award-winning young adult novel by the same name. Hit the jump for more details on both projects. THR reports that Mulligan is in talks to star as a gold-digging woman whose big-city dreams have turned to dust.  She uses a dim-witted man in a get-rich-quick scheme in order to land a high school crush, but her plans quickly go awry.  The black comedy is being compared to Gus Van Sant's 1995 picture, To Die For, which starred Nicole Kidman in a breakout role.  Mulligan has already broken through...

The final episodes of "Weeds" will be a blast from the past. At the show's panel at the 2012 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan promised a multitude of guest appearances from familiar faces as the pot comedy comes down the home stretch of its last season.

Still, Kohan kept the identities of the returning guest stars vague. "We wanted to bring everyone we could back, and everyone who said yes we brought back," she said, according to TV Guide Magazine.

One former star who probably won't be back on the show is Elisabeth Perkins, who played Nancy's frenemy Celia Hodes. She recently told Deadline she wouldn't be returning to "Weeds" for its final run. "No, they can't afford me anymore ... No, it wasn't really up to me anyway," she quipped.

Season 7 has already brought back Heylia James, Dean Hoades, and shooter Tim Scottson. Could Conrad...

On TV this Sunday: Breaking Bad’s final season premiere is oh-so-good, D.C. is a zoo full of Political Animals, Nate & Co. gain Leverage in a new town and Episodes puts the “fun” in funeral. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm Leverage (TNT) | The Princess Bride’s Cary Elwes guest-stars (and a Serenity crew member makes a cameo) in the Season 5 premiere, which finds the gang working from a new home base: Portland, Oregon. (Read our preview Q&A with Aldis Hodge.)

Preview | Matt’s Inside Line Has Scoop on Tonight’s Falling Skies Reunion

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Everyone else at Deadline soon will be enjoying their summer holidays while I keep administrating and editing and reporting. Needless to say, I need to rest up now. So this past weekend I managed to sneak away for the start of some badly needed (and much delayed) R&R until May box office begins. I don’t care what Hollywood people do while I’m gone: just be sure to tell Mike, Nellie, David, Pete, Nancy, Patrick, and Kinsey about it. I’ll finish some updates tonight. Question is, after that, can I go more than a few days without posting? Gonna try.

Everyone else at Deadline soon will be enjoying their summer holidays while I keep administrating and editing and reporting. Needless to say, I need to rest up now. So this past weekend I managed to sneak away for the start of some badly needed (and much delayed) R&R until May box office begins. I don’t care what Hollywood people do while I’m gone: just be sure to tell Mike, Nellie, David, Pete, Nancy, Patrick, and Kinsey about it. I’ll finish some updates tonight. Question is, after that, can I go more than a few days without posting? Gonna try.

An unexplained series of events occur on a Vegas tram; unexplained until the CSIs are on the case, that is. Nick (George Eads) returns from Hawaii after a seminar to find the joke's on him. The new boss, Db Russell (Ted Danson) lies on the tram floor and Nick thinks he's just a Db, which he is. Db by name, but not a real Db! Nick's reaction to his name, his initials is exactly what I thought when it was revealed who Ted was going to play in the show. Db as many know stands for 'dead body.' The others can only laugh and disappear. Nick isn't too happy to be the butt of their joke and he and Db don't really seem to hit it off - not like Nick and Ray (Laurence Fishburne). Two people were killed on the tram and three were injured. One Vic, Tom (Nathan Anderson) was stabbed.

Us in Progress films start festival careers

More and more participants of the first edition of Wroclaw’s Us in Progress are making a festival splash.

Now, Forager, the film awarded with a Special Mention at the first USiP played in the Bright Future section of the Rotterdam Iff. Now, it will be shown at the prestigious New Directors New Films festival in Lincoln Center/ MoMa in New York. The film was screened in Wrocław at final cut stage and found partners including a Polish co-producer (Monternia.pl) and a sales agent (New Europe Film Sales).

More good news came from other parts of America. Amy Seimetz’s road movie thriller Sun Don’t Shine was screened in the Emerging visions section of the SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas.

Finally, Tribeca Ff recognized two other USiP films: Andrew Semans’ Nancy, Please will compete in the World Narrative Competition this year, while Patricia Benoit’s Stones in the Sun will be shown in the festival’s Viewpoints section.

Us in Progress and American Film Festival in Wrocław are keeping their fingers crossed for all films!

Us in Progress (formerly known as Gotham in Progress) is the first industry event devoted to Us-indies in Europe. After the successful first edition at the 2nd American Film Festival in Wrocław, Us in Progress has evolved into a two-legged event to be held at two festivals every year.

Apart from the regular November get-together in Wrocław, there will be another event at the newly created Champs-Elysées Film Festival on June 7-10 2012 in Paris. The Paris event will also have a form of intense exclusive screenings (behind closed doors, for registered guests only) and one-to-one meetings.U.S. filmmakers of 3-5 selected films will be invited to present their final cuts to a group of around 30 key European buyers.

Independent U.S. films in final production stages should apply to the programme on http://www.blackrabbitfilm.com/us-in-progress/paris-edition-2012/ before 1 April.

Call for projects for Wroclaw (November edition) opens April 1 on www.americanfilmfestival.pl and www.blackrabbitfilm.com.

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Us In Progress (June 7-10 in Paris-France) will present Us indie films in post-production to European buyers (distributors, sales agents, fest programmers) in order to achieve completion and to foster the circulation and distribution of American indie films in Europe. The event will take form of two days of intense exclusive screenings (behind closed doors, for registered guests only) and one-to-one meetings on June 7-10 2012.

Us In Progress Offers :

- Travel and accommodation: flight from the Us and 3 nights in Paris for the producers and directors of the films selected.

- Networking: a chance to present your project in person at exclusive screening (behind closed doors, for registered industry guests only) to ca. 30 key European buyers

- Direct business opportunities: one-to-one meetings to discuss your needs and strike post-production and distribution deals

-Awards: free post-production and professional services from our sponsors.

- Plus pleasures: parties and screenings and further networking at the first Champs-Elysées Film Festival

The application requirements for the films are the following:

- American Narrative Feature Films in postproduction are eligible

- Production Company needs to be Us based

- Films looking for completion money, sales agent or European distribution.

- Films in postproduction when applying, with at least 30 min of the films edited and to reach feature format by March 1st.

- Films with no Us or international premiere

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Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Brian Geraghty and Vincent D’Onofrio have joined the cast of indie Midwestern town-set drama "Supreme Ruler" says Deadline.

Morgan plays a man campaigning to become 'Supreme Ruler' of his local Buffalo lodge, only to be challenged by an elder member (D’Onofrio).

He heads to the Order’s annual convention in Chicago where he befriends Nancy (Harden), a more established 'Supreme Ruler', to gain support.

Short filmmaker Duane Edwards ("Hit and Run," "The Confession") makes his feature debut here while Steven A. Jones will produce.

Although Antje Traue won’t be able to show American audiences her acting chops for another sixteen months or so, Variety informs us that the German actress has already racked up a post-Man of Steel role for herself. As they report, Traue will come on board The Seventh Son, which sees Mongol helmer Sergey Bodrov directing Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes, Alicia Vikander, and Kit Harington in a dark fantasy tale filled with witches, wizards, and other things in that mystical tone.

Specifics — or, for that matter, general information — on Traue‘s character are not to be found in the Variety story. Here’s Amazon‘s synopsis of Joseph Delaney‘s novel upon which the film is based, for whatever compensation that may end up being:

“When 12-year-old Thomas, seventh son of a seventh son, is apprenticed to the local Spook, whose job is to fight evil spirits and witches,...

Justin Kirk is expected to reprise his role in the drama series Weeds. Kirk plays Andy Botwin, whose brother is the deceased husband of Mary-Louise Parker's Nancy Botwin. Kirk will once again act opposite Parker and Kevin Nealon, who recently closed a deal to return for one last season as city councilman Doug Wilson, reports Deadline. Last year, Weeds executive producer Roberto Benabib said that the show's seventh season would (more)...

Samantha Barks cast in Les Miserables. The casting of Samantha Barks in Tom Hooper‘s Les Miserables (2012) answers the question of who will play Eponine in the film adaptation. Samantha Barks was chosen for the role of Eponine by Les Miserables producer Cameron Mackintosh. Samantha Barks joins a Les Miserables cast that already includes “Russell Crowe (Javert), Hugh Jackman (Valjean), Anne Hathaway (Fantine), Eddie Redmayne (Marius), Amanda Seyfried (Cosette) and Aaron Tveit (Enjoiras) in the musical that Universal Pictures and Working Title will release”.

Samantha Barks stage acting credits include starring as Eponine:

in the London production of Les Miserables in 2010 and reprised the role in the 25th anniversary concert held at the O2 Arena last year. In fact, the stage musical and the movie’s producer, Cameron Mackintosh, announced today from the stage that Barks had the role after she completed a West End performance of Oliver, playing the role of Nancy.

Alex Jones attends Radio Times Covers Party at Claridges Hotel in London.Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Louise Brealey attends Radio Times Covers Party at Claridges Hotel in London.Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Steven Moffat attends Radio Times Covers Party at Claridges Hotel in London.Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Craig Colton attends Radio Times Covers Party at Claridges Hotel in London.Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Ronan Parke attends Radio Times Covers Party at Claridges Hotel in London.Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. 01/17/2012 - Vic Reeves and Nancy Sorrell - "Radio Times" Covers Party at Claridges Hotel in London on January 17, 2012 - Claridges Hotel, Brook Street - London, UK ©...

This is an exciting time for Deadline Hollywood as we continue our expansion plans to further position us as the primary 24/7 breaking news entertainment business website. Today we are announcing two important staff additions: new International Editor Nancy Tartaglione (nancy@deadline.com) and new Managing Editor Kinsey Lowe (kinsey@deadline.com). Kinsey will oversee the news at night, working closely with Deadline Managing Editor Patrick Hipes who oversees the news during the day. Nancy takes over from Deadline London Editor Tim Adler, who will continue to freelance for us. Veteran showbiz journalist Nancy Tartaglione took over the day-to-day running of HollywoodWiretap.com in 2006 and continues as Managing Editor today. Based in Europe, she was the French Correspondent and a Contributing Editor for ScreenDaily.com/Screen International, breaking hundreds of exclusive news stories from 2001 until just recently. Nancy also is an on-call freelance editor for The New York Times‘ DealBook blog.

This is an exciting time for Deadline Hollywood as we continue our expansion plans to further position us as the primary 24/7 breaking news entertainment business website. Today we are announcing two important staff additions: new International Editor Nancy Tartaglione (nancy@deadline.com) and new Managing Editor Kinsey Lowe (kinsey@deadline.com). Kinsey will oversee the news at night, working closely with Deadline Managing Editor Patrick Hipes who oversees the news during the day. Nancy takes over from Deadline London Editor Tim Adler, who will continue to freelance for us. Veteran showbiz journalist Nancy Tartaglione took over the day-to-day running of HollywoodWiretap.com in 2006 and continues as Managing Editor today. Based in Europe, she was the French Correspondent and a Contributing Editor for ScreenDaily.com/Screen International, breaking hundreds of exclusive news stories from 2001 until just recently. Nancy also is an on-call freelance editor for The New York Times‘ DealBook blog.

Peter Serafinowicz, found talking about movies each week as the host of Orange’s Film Night Live, is a towering colossus of comedy. Huge on Twitter (follow him here, and for that matter, us here!) and somehow even bigger in real life, he has appeared in films, British and American sitcoms and had his own sketch show. He’s something of cult hero, with his brand of silliness and anti-humour standing out from some of today’s more mainstream comedy.

I find Peter sitting at a table in a Notting Hill cafe, and proceed to interrupt his lunch for the following half an hour with inane questions. I greet him with a polite “hebbo” (the greeting of his and Robert Popper’s religion, Tarvuism) and jump right in.

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HeyUGuys: You’re co-creator of a religion – what does the future hold for Tarvuism?

Peter: Robert Popper and I would really...

When Elizabeth Taylor passed away in March, I assumed that a bidding war would erupt over some of the key stories in her life. As it happened, pursuit of one of those tales took a couple months, and now Paramount has ended up with the rights. I'm talking specifically about the passionate affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, which has been part of classic Hollywood legend for decades after blossoming on the set of Cleopatra in the early '60s and extending through two marriages into 1976. The book Furious Love, by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schenberger, recounts the affair, and the studio plans to develop it as a directorial project for Martin Scorsese. Deadline [1] has the news. Martin Scorsese, of course, is one of the most enthusiastic Hollywood historians around. His interest in the story makes perfect sense, and is in fact one of the factors that elevates this...

The newlyweds will leave London behind to check out the glitz and glamour of the West Coast!

Kate Middleton and Prince William are headed for sunny skies — the newlyweds plan to go to La for two days in early July, and according to Deadline.com, a new report says they may be staying with some of Hollywood’s elite. And here’s a hint: that couple once lived across the pond, too.

The new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will reportedly be staying with their good friends and Royal Wedding guests David and Victoria Beckham! The only details as of now — after the royal couple’s first official tour to Canada in late June and early July, aides have penciled in a West Coast stop.

It’s not unheard of for the Royals to head to Hollywood. In 1985, William’s mom Princess Diana made her first U.S. visit — and included some time in Hollywood.

Any loyal viewer of Own’s Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes knows that daytime’s departing queen hates surprises. However, she’s given her Oprah Winfrey Show crew creative control over two of her final three episodes, so she best prepare for some shock and awe.

Promising “some of the biggest names in movies, music and TV” for Oprah’s penultimate installments, executive producer Sheri Salata previews, “In the spirit of our farewell season, she is making a rare exception [to allow for surprise], and we intend to make the most of the opportunity. It will be something to see!”

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Back in the early years of the aughts, James Franco was one of the actors that auditioned for the role of Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's first film version of the character. The role, of course, eventually went to Tobey Maguire, but Raimi liked Franco so much that he decided to cast him as Harry Osborne, a vital role in the Spidey universe. It's something that Robin McLeavy can think about while watching Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Deadline reports that the Australian actress, after originally being in the running for the part of Mary Todd Lincoln, has signed on to play Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Abe's mother. A much smaller role than that of Abe's wife, Nancy is killed by a vampire early in the film, which leads our 16th president to go to war against all bloodsuckers. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, the film also stars Benjamin Walker as Abraham, Mary Elizabeth...

Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment have signed Michael Ealy (Takers) and his beautiful eyes to play the male lead opposite franchise star Kate Beckinsale in Underworld 4: New Dawn. In the script by J. Michael Straczynski (Ninja Assassin) and John Hlavin (The Shield), vampiress Selene (Beckinsale) wakes from a coma-like state after fifteen years to learn she has a 14-year-old vampire/Lycan hybrid daughter: "they must stop BioCom from creating super Lycans that will kill them all.” Ealy plays a police detective who first hunts Beckinsale, then teams up with her. Underworld 3D just started shooting in Vancouver under the direction of Swedish team Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein (Shelter); the film is scheduled for release on January 20, 2012. Hit the jump for news on the true nature of Robin McLeavy's involvement with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, plus details on the indie thriller A Single Shot. We first saw McLeavy...

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Showtime's first lady of comedy, Nancy Botwin, will be back with all new 'Weeds' episodes starting Mon., June 27 at 10Pm. She's not alone: Laura Linney will be back in her Golden Globe-winning role on 'The Big C' the same day at 10:30Pm.

Deadline Hollywood reports both programs will have 13 episodes. 'Secret Diary of a Call Girl' will return for an 8-episode final season on April 7 at 10:30Pm and reality series 'The Real L Word' returns June 5 at 10 Pm for 9 episodes season)

Among the series premieres is Lisa Kudrow's 'Web Therapy' on July 19 at 11Pm and 'Gigolos' on April 7 at 11Pm.

In other TV news ...

o. Ashley Judd has officially signed to star in ABC's 'Missing.' Judd will play Becca Winstone, a former CIA agent who travels to Europe to track down her missing son. [Deadline Hollywood]

o. 'Deadliest Catch' will premiere April 12 at 9Pm.

I was saddened to learn this morning that Betty Garrett, the great star of stage, screen, and TV, passed away yesterday at the age of 94 after suffering an aortic aneurysm.

Garrett was one of those rare people — like, say, Jack Valenti — who happened to be a witness to and/or participant in a remarkably high number of historic events of the 20th century. She was a member of Orson Welles’s famed Mercury Theatre company, and was with him on the night that he shook up America with his infamous radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” (1938); she was Frank Sinatra’s leading lady in two of the earliest great M-g-m musical-comedies, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” (1949) and “On the Town” (1949); her career was greatly hurt by the Hollywood Red Scare after her husband, the Oscar nominated actor Larry Parks, refused to name names before the House Committee...

Veteran actor Steve Landesberg died Friday from cancer after a long career as a stand up comic and actor in films like “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and the acclaimed TV sitcom “Barney Miller.” According to “Deadline” Landesberg passed away in New York and is survived by his wife Nancy and his daughter. Landesberg received multiple Emmy nominations for his role as Detective Arthur Dietrich on “Barney Miller,” which ran on ABC from 1975-82. Landesberg recently appeared on an episode of the A&E drama “The Cleaner.”...

After announcing that the upcoming 30th season of "Entertainment Tonight" would be the last for anchor Mary Hart, it's been confirmed that “Access Hollywood” co-host Nancy O’Dell would replace Hart as the anchor of the top rated magazine show. According to “Deadline,” O’Dell will join “Et” as a special correspondent and substitute anchor in January and will assume her role as permanent co-anchor opposite Mark Steines after Hart leaves at the end of the current season. “When Mary Hart told us she planned to leave “Et” at the end of this season, we went into denial,” said “Et” executive producer Linda Bell Blue.

Big Brother star Craig Phillips has landed a new celebrity Diy series on Home. The reality TV star will tackle Diy dilemmas in the homes of famous faces including Linda Robson, Frankie Dettori, Christine Hamilton and Nancy Sorrell. Phillips will provide insights into the homes of the celebrities and also offer viewers handy tips for looking after your homes. Speaking to Digital Spy earlier this year, Phillips claimed that the programme was "a cross between Cribs and Through The Keyhole". UKTV's Jane Rogerson said: "Celebrity Diy With Craig Phillips is a great way to get a sneaky peak of how the famous live, as well as an informative and entertaining way of learning how to tackle those household repairs." Head of Home Clare Laycock commented: "Craig's the perfect (more)...

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HollywoodNews.com: Having taken a break from both the big and small screen in recent years, comedic-actor Albert Brooks is getting in the seat of Ryan Gosling’s indie film “Drive.”

Brooks will play Bernie Rose, a New York mobster who moves to L.A. “Drive,” as previously reported, centers on a stunt driver played by Gosling who changes professions to become a getaway heist driver. The film also stars Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston.

The last time Brooks played a baddie was in Steve Soderbergh’s Elmore Leonard adaptation “Out of Sight” in 1998 The actor, who was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for “Broadcast News” was last seen on screen in his directorial title “Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World” back in 2005. Brooks also played the father-in-law to Mary-Louise Parker’s Nancy Botwin in the 2008 season of “Weeds.”

Recently, Brooks finished a science fiction novel “2030:...

Betty White has been getting all the attention lately as the feisty old lady we all love, but you know who is also old and awesome? Debbie Reynolds. The star of Singin' in the Rain and The Unsinkable Molly Brown hasn't been in a feature film since 1998, but apparently she's still willing to go up on the screen once and a while, and it's Katherine Heigl, of all people, who has convinced her to make a comeback. According to Deadline Reynolds will be playing the role of outspoken Grandma Mazur in One for the Money, an adaptation of one of Janet Evanovich's many books starring the amateur bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Heigl is playing Plum, of course, and is executive producing alongside her mom Nancy. Heigl said of Reynolds, "Grandma Mazur is such a great character. She's really feisty and the one who's a real mentor to Stephanie Plum.