Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, and Tim Burton are together again!
21.03.2024 - 11:27 / variety.com
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The BBC leads all producers among nominees with 22 at this year’s 2024 Rockie Awards International Program Competition, as announced Thursday by the Banff World Media Festival. The United States is tops among all countries, with 51 total, followed closely by the UK with 50. Among U.S.
production companies, 20th TV was tops with 8 — helped by its sweep of the scripted animated series field. Nominees in the English-language comedy field include “Abbott Elementary,” “Poker Face,” “The Great” and “The Wonder Years,” while drama nominees include “Gen V,” “Succession,” “Happy Valley” and “The Last of Us.” The 2024 Rockie Awards ceremony takes place during this year’s Banff festival on Tuesday, June 11. Also during the event, the Rockie Awards Grand Jury will reveal its Grand Jury Prize, selected from the top-scoring programs across the entire field of nominees.
This year’s Grand Jury includes Javiera Balmaceda, Head of Originals, Latin America, CA & AU at Amazon MGM Studios; Julie Chang, EVP, Business Strategy & Co-Productions at Blue Ant Media; Prentiss Fraser, President, TV Distribution at Fifth Season; Nichole T. Roberts, Head of Unscripted at Hoorae; Michael Thorn, President, Scripted Programming at Fox Entertainment; and Morgan Wandell,
Head of International Content Development at Apple TV+ “We’re delighted to unveil the nominees for this year’s Rockie Awards, a field that truly embodies
excellence and innovation within our industry. This is the best of the best across international content.
Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, and Tim Burton are together again!
Matthew Perry shared a special bond. The two have a friendship and relationship that lasted years, with her calling him an “almost” in her life.
returning to the storied late-night franchise for the first time since he dramatically left it in 2010 after his public spat with NBC: the Nimrod Broadcasting Corporation.To quote that network in the 1990s: It’s must-see TV. Why? Conan is one of the last hosts who purely entertained us before the format devolved into tedious, partisan political lectures — and is always a riot. (Fallon doesn’t act like Rachel Maddow, but he’s not entertaining either).More grippingly, though, revenge is in the air.
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Quinta Brunson is opening up about Abbott Elementary.
Princess Eugenie has a favourite accessory that she just can't live without - and it's not what you might think! Last weekend, the princess shared a super cute photo of her cuddling her baby boy, Ernest, to mark her 34th birthday. Fans were thrilled to see the little one, but they also couldn't help but notice Eugenie's amazing headband.The gorgeous cream-coloured piece had a textured surface and was quite wide - and it came with a price tag of £675! The designer, Emily London, says on her website: "The devil is in the detail simple, understated and wondrously flattering on the head, these statement silk hatbands add volume and height with zero fuss." Now, fashion expert Megan Watkins has praised Eugenie for her stylish choices.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Ariana DeBose will host the Tony Awards for the third consecutive year. Broadway‘s biggest night will take place on June 16 in New York City at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.
Selome Hailu Though it was originally billed as a limited series, “The Last Thing He Told Me” is returning for a second season at Apple TV+. Season 1, which premiered in April 2023, was based on Laura Dave’s novel of the same name. Dave has newly set a sequel novel for publication in 2025, which will serve as the basis for Season 2.
Banff, the Canadian media festival, has unveiled its nominees for its 2024 Rockie Awards International Program Competition.
dismissed a lawsuit against Brunson, 34, and ABC on Tuesday filed by writer Christine Davis in 2021, claiming the hit sitcom was a “veritable knock-off” of her show “This School Year.”According to the court decision obtained by The Post, the judge found that “no discerning observer would find the works to be substantially similar.”“Indeed, as demonstrated by the Court’s analysis of each of Plaintiff’s alleged similarities, the two works use qualitatively different plots, themes, and characters to cast different perspectives on the experiences of teachers in under-resources, inner-city public school settings,” the document says of the differences between the two shows. Davis wrote her mockumentary-style script, based in a New York City public school, in 2018, and registered with the copyright office in early 2020.
EXCLUSIVE: AGC Television is dropping a hot TV project into this week’s Series Mania market in Lille.
BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend 2024, with RAYE, Charli XCX and The Last Dinner Party leading the way.This year’s edition of the festival is set to run between Friday, May 24 and Sunday, May 26, and will be held at Stockwood Park in Luton.Yesterday (March 18), the first run of artists, set to perform on the opening night, was revealed, and now organisers have also shared those lined up for the Saturday slots.RAYE has been announced as headlining the Main Stage on the night – following on from her record-breaking number of wins at the BRITs earlier this month – while pop icon Charli XCX will be headlining the New Music Stage. The slot comes ahead of her announcing details of her new album ‘Brat’, and dropping the huge lead single ‘Von Dutch’.Others set to perform on the Main Stage on Saturday include Aitch, Griff, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, Mabel and Joel Corry, while BRIT Rising Star winners and former NME cover stars The Last Dinner Party will be performing at the New Music Stage.Both The Last Dinner Party and Charli XCX will be joined by Alfie Templeman, Caity Baser, Cat Burns, Dylan, Tems and Shygirl,Saturday at #BigWeekend Luton is gonna be veRAYE special ♥️For more details and info on tickets, visit https://t.co/BGPOsfilea pic.twitter.com/OB6xc2VFAC— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) March 19, 2024Tickets, priced at £29.50 (plus a £4.50 booking fee per ticket), will go on sale at 5pm GMT on Thursday (March 21) and can be purchased here.
Lisa Ann Walter wants to collaborate with Lindsay Lohan!
This year’s Cheltenham Festival welcomed royal guests today, including Zara Tindall and Princess Eugenie, who braved the miserable rain in chic outfits, following Kate Middleton's photoshop drama. The annual Cheltenham Festival has been held in mid-March ever since the early 1900s, and the four day long horse racing event is enjoyed by racing fanatics, as well as the Royal family. Today, Wednesday 13 March, was billed as Style Wednesday by festival organisers, with racegoers encouraged to wear sustainable fashion.
Quinta Brunson is spilling the behind-the-scenes details on Bradley Cooper‘s Abbott Elementary cameo!
remained Oscarless on Sunday night, failing to take home a trophy for a 12th time, this year for “Maestro.”But, after the ceremony on ABC, an episode of the hit comedy “Abbott Elementary” aired — and Cooper was a special guest. At the beginning of this installment of the Quinta Brunson-created comedy, the actor comes to the school as the guest of a second grader.
Abbott Elementary is getting some major guests!
EXCLUSIVE: There will be quite a few familiar faces roaming the halls of Willard R. Abbott Elementary in the coming weeks.
Selome Hailu Bradley Cooper may not have won an Oscar, but he did win a role on “Abbott Elementary.” The “Maestro” actor stopped by to play himself in the cold open of the “Abbott” episode that aired directly after ABC’s telecast of the 96th Academy Awards. In the scene, a student in Melissa’s (Lisa Ann Walter) class brings Cooper to campus for show and tell. “Whenever I’m in Philly, you know the deli across the street? That’s my first stop,” the Pennsylvania native says.
Bradley Cooper just made a surprise appearance on a brand new episode of Abbott Elementary!