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Tom Lieber, who has been overseeing genre programming under Laura Lancaster, Head, Co-Pro Television and Ongoing Series at Amazon MGM Studios, has been elevated to Head of Scripted Series, UK. Amazon MGM Studios Head of Television Vernon Sanders just made the announcement internally.

“In this new role, Tom will provide single-threaded leadership of all new development and ongoing series produced in the UK,” Sanders said.

Lieber will absorb the role of Rola Bauer who recently exited As Amazon MGM Studios Head of Pan-English original content, overseeing scripted series originating out of the UK. Her team and slate will now be folded into Lieber’s new group.

Going forward, Tara Erer and her team will continue working on their existing slate of shows currently in post-production and development, including Malice, The Devils Hour, and The Rig S2, with all new scripted development going through Lieber and his team. Erer will also continue overseeing UK unscripted content,...

“Bridgerton” star Simone Ashley has joined the cast of “F1,” the Formula 1 racing movie starring Brad Pitt.

The movie follows Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a former Formula 1 driver who returns to the sport and partners with and mentors rookie Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) on Apxgp, a fictional 11th team on the grid.

Eagle-eyed fans spotted Ashley with Idris over the weekend at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit in Northampton, England, where filming continued on the project. Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Sarah Niles and Samson Kayo round out the cast for the film, which is being shot during actual Grand Prix weekends as the fictional team competes against the titans of the sport. Details of Ashley’s role are being kept under wraps. The first teaser for “F1” was released Sunday in conjunction with the race, which the film’s co-producer, seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton,...

The Monte-Carlo Television Festival will present its International Golden Nymph for Most Promising Talent to British actor Simone Ashley at its opening ceremony on June 14. The award recognizes the “exceptional rising talent of an actor who has elevated the bar of excellence to international acclaim.”

Ashley is known for portraying Kate Sharma, the female lead of Season 2 of the Netflix series “Bridgerton.” She reprises her role in Season 3, which premieres next month.

Ashley recently appeared in Disney’s live-action reimagining of “The Little Mermaid” as Ariel’s sister, Indira. She also voices Rose in Gfm Animation’s animated feature film “10 Lives.” Next, she will helm Amazon Prime Video’s original romantic-comedy “Picture This,” and lead independent film “This Tempting Madness.”

Prior to her breakout moment, Ashley was best known for her role as Olivia in the series “Sex Education.”

She was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30, and featured in the Time100 Next list.

Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Simone Ashley are going to share the screen!

On Friday (March 22) it was reported that the 26-year-old After Everything actor and the 28-year-old Sex Education star will lead an upcoming romantic comedy titled, Picture This!

Keep reading to find out more…

According to Deadline, the movie is based on the Australian film Five Blind Dates.

Here’s the official synopsis: “Single and without a man on the horizon, Pia (Simone Ashley) runs a failing photography studio in London with her best friend Jay (Luke Fetherston). As her sister Sonal (Anoushka Chadha) prepares to get married and her mother Laxmi (Sindhu Vee) urges the resolutely independent Pia to partner up, a spiritual guru at Sonal’s engagement party predicts Pia will meet the love of her life among the next five dates she goes on. As her family intervene, setting her up on a series of increasingly desperate blind dates,...

Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley and After star Hero Fiennes Tiffin are set to lead the cast of Prarthana Mohan’s UK romantic comedy Picture This for Prime Video.

The producers are Ben Pugh and Erica Steinberg for UK outfit 42.

Nikita Lalwani has written the script about a woman running a failing photography studio who is told by a spiritual guru she will meet the love of her life on her next five dates, leading her family to set her up on a series of desperate blind dates.

Picture This is based on Australian Prime Video film, Five Blind Dates.

The cast also includes Phil Dunster,...

Simone Ashley (Bridgerton, Sex Education) and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After) will star in the new U.K. original romantic comedy Picture This for Amazon’s Prime Video.

The movie’s cast also includes Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso), Nikesh Patel (London Has Fallen), Adil Ray (Citizen Khan), Sindhu Vee (Matilda: The Musical), Anoushka Chadha (You), Kulvinder Ghir (Bend It Like Beckham) and Luke Fetherston (Still Up).

Amazon said that Picture This will premiere on Prime Video in the U.K. “and internationally,” which for the company typically means it plans to make the content available in all or nearly all 240-plus countries and territories. The film doesn’t yet have a release date.

“Single and without a man on the horizon, Pia (Ashley) runs a failing photography studio in London with her best friend Jay (Fetherston),” according to a plot description. “As her sister Sonal (Chadha) prepares to get married and...

Prime Video is in post-production on UK Original romantic-comedy, Picture This, starring Simone Ashley (Bridgerton) and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After).

Further cast includes Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso), Nikesh Patel (London Has Fallen), Adil Ray (Citizen Khan), Sindhu Vee (Matilda: The Musical), Anoushka Chadha (You), Kulvinder Ghir (Bend It Like Beckham) and Luke Fetherston (Still Up).

Directed by Prarthana Mohan (The Miseducation of Bindu) and written by Nikita Lalwani, Picture This is based on the Australian Original movie Five Blind Dates, written by Shaung Hu and Nathan Ramos-Park. The UK movie update is produced by 42’s Ben Pugh and Erica Steinberg, with 42’s Josh Horsfield and Kari Hatfield serving as executive producers.

The official synopsis reads: “Single and without a man on the horizon, Pia (Simone Ashley) runs a failing photography studio in London with her best friend Jay (Luke Fetherston). As her sister Sonal (Anoushka Chadha) prepares to get married...

There’ll be some happy holidays on Prime Video in December, as the streamer’s seasonal offerings hope to keep the fires warm in your home this month!

As such, there are quite a few new original holiday movies coming to the service. At the beginning of the month, Eddie Murphy stars in Candy Cane Lane. In this film, the Beverly Hills Cop and Coming to America star plays a determined man who is willing to go above and beyond to win the annual Christmas home decoration contest in his neighborhood – even if it means making a very magical deal.

The DC universe will also be getting festive in December thanks to Merry Little Batman, an animated feature that sees Batman’s son, Damian Wayne, stumble upon a villainous plot on Christmas eve, one that may give him a chance to save the day when his dad isn’t around.

Cindy Busby is starring as Lori Jo in the new Hallmark Channel movie Everything Christmas and if you were interested to know more about her personal life, we have you covered.

The 40-year-old actress has a long history with the Hallmark Channel with more than a dozen lead roles in the last few years.

You might also recognize Cindy from her role in the Canadian series Heartland or for acting opposite Ashley Tisdale in the television movie Picture This.

So, who is Cindy married to?

Keep reading to find out more…

Cindy and her husband Chris Boyd tied the know in December 2020! In a birthday post just months after the wedding, she wrote, “You’re the absolute best and I love you...

With its list of new releases for August 2023, Prime Video is relying on a heaping dose of fun library movies.

The first of the month brings a big influx of worthwhile flicks, including Galaxy Quest, Saw, F9: The Fast Saga, and Jurassic Park (the last two via Amazon’s Freevee free streaming option). Then some other recents hits arrive later on like the appropriately titled Cocaine Bear on Aug. 15 and the Chris Pine-starring Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves on Aug. 25.

August also sees the arrival of a major Amazon Original movie in the form of Red, White & Royal Blue. Based on a New York Times bestselling book, this LGBTQ romance follows a U.S. president’s son and a British prince. Over on the TV side of things, Prime Video subscribers can check out the Sigourney Weaver project The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart on Aug. 4 and Harlan Coben’s Shelter on Aug.

While June’s PlayStation 5 reveal event was full of big moments — such as our first look at the next-gen console and the announcement of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales — few could have predicted one of the event’s biggest moments: the debut of Bugsnax, a quirky action-adventure indie game from developer Young Horses.

As you’d expect from the creators of indie hit Octodad, Bugsnax is actually a little hard to explain, but in essence, it stars a journalist who is investigating a mysterious island populated with creatures that are half-bug and half-snacks. That means there are sentient strawberries running all over the island, donuts rolling around, and giant caterpillars made up of sandwiches. Yeah, this game is really weird.

Anyway, it wasn’t only the strange setting of the game that made headlines but the title’s theme song, a tune that had people humming its melody days after it debuted.

With early finales littering the schedule of late, we're going to offer other fun things to consider far off the beaten path.

From one-time concerts to streaming shows we think you need to see and a whole lot more, we're guiding the remainder of your Covid-19 quarantine time with a bunch of best bets.

And this is another reminder that this is a curated list and not a repeat of the TV Guide. Yes, there are a lot of other things to watch, but we're not pointing them out here. So, let's get started!

Dishing with Julia (PBS Streaming)

Let's start small. Well, if you consider the magic of Julia Child small. And if you do, you'll surely reconsider once you check out Dishing with Julia Child on PBS.

All six episodes of this delightful series are currently streaming on PBS through your local PBS affiliate.

So what is it?...

Global Citizen has announced a second round of artists for its “One World: Together At Home” global broadcast Saturday night, with Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Sam Smith, Usher and Pharrell Williams among the musicians newly set to join the telecast.

Other personalities coming on board include Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Awkwafina, Amy Poehler, LL Cool J, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew McConaughey and Victoria Beckham.

That’s just the beginning of the volume of names included in the announcement, as Global Citizen has also set a a six-hour streaming event to precede the televised two-hour special, with about 80 singers and actors taking part in that. Among the high-profile artists participating in the live-stream pre-telecast are John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Sheryl Crow, Luis Fonsi, the Killers, Lang Lang, Lady Antebellum, Charlie Puth, Ben Platt, Hozier, Jack Johnson, Juanes, Maren Morris, Michael Buble, Adam Lambert, Annie Lennox and Common.

In May 1982, San Francisco-area band Huey Lewis and the News notched their first Top Ten pop hit with “Do You Believe in Love,” a song written by Shania Twain’s future (and now former) producer and husband, “Mutt” Lange. Taken from the group’s sophomore LP, Picture This, the song was followed by two more singles, including the energetic “Workin’ for a Livin’,” which peaked just outside the Top 40. Lewis and company would enjoy a huge commercial breakthrough with their next album, 1983’s Sports, which topped the chart and spawned four consecutive Top Ten singles,...

With Father's Day upon us, we thought we'd take a moment to celebrate those proud papas who manage to find just the right balance when it comes to both entertaining us and parenting their kids. Not to mention they all look pretty good while doing it. So check out our Hollywood's Hottest Dads gallery. And if you're a pop yourself, consider this our little gift to you. We're sure you already have plenty of ties.

Ashley Tisdale will star in Picture This for MGM's DVD Premiere unit.

Tisdale will play Mandy, a high schooler who has caught the eye of the most popular boy in school. In the story, he invites her to his party, causing a dilemma as she has just been grounded.

Stephen Herek will direct Picture from a script written by Temple Matthews. Production begins this week in Montreal. Brian Reilly and Patrick Hughes will produce.

"Ashley is clearly a huge talent, and we couldn't be more excited to be working with her on this movie," said Jason Weiss, vp in the DVD Premiere division at MGM. "We are excited to be giving Ashley her first role carrying a movie and feel 'Picture This' is a perfect vehicle for her to showcase both her acting and singing talents."

Tisdale starred in the Disney Channel original movies High School Musical and High School Musical 2. She also appeared in the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and the animated comedy series Phineas and Ferb.

She is repped by Gersh and manager Bill Perlman.