Charlie Kaufman To Receive WGA West’s Laurel Award

A version of this story about Charlie Mackesy and “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” will appear in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.Charlie Mackesy’s bestselling 2019 book “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” is a slim illustrated volume in which very little happens apart from a conversation between four different creatures about kindness, love and accepting oneself. A delicate and philosophical creation, it has been adapted into a 34-minute film that adds just enough plot without ever betraying the heart of the original book.The film, which is available on Apple TV+, is nominated in the Best Animated Short category at the Oscars.

Coronation Street. Will he recover from the health scare or do viewers have to brace themselves for the worst?Bill was last seen on the ITV soap 12 years ago when he attended his granddaughter Sophie Webster's (Brooke Vincent) wedding to Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson). The actor who played Bill - Armitage - sadly died in 2018 when he was 79 years old.

Dish Network showed progress in its pivot toward the wireless business, smashing Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings estimates and reporting just shy of 8 million retail wireless subscribers as of the end of 2022.

Rebecca Lenkiewicz will be this year’s recipient of the WGA West’s Paul Selvin Award in recognition of her adapted screenplay for She Said, the Universal film about the New York Times reporters who broke the story that exposed disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. The guild said Thursday that she will be honored at the WGA Awards’ Los Angeles ceremony March 5 at the Fairmont Century Plaza.

Naman Ramachandran ITV has revealed first-look images for crime drama “Six Four,” starring Kevin McKidd (“Grey’s Anatomy”) and Vinette Robinson (“Boiling Point,” “Sherlock”) as leads Chris and Michelle O’Neill. The four-part drama, inspired by the bestselling novel “Six Four” by Hideo Yokoyama, is created by BAFTA Scotland-winning screenwriter, Gregory Burke (“Black Watch”). Set primarily in Glasgow, the series is a story of kidnap, corruption, betrayal and a search for the truth, when Chris and Michelle O’Neill’s teenage daughter goes missing. Serving police detective, Chris (McKidd) is provided with a startling revelation about an infamous, unsolved case that once divided the police when a local girl called Julie Mackie disappeared. Now, reeling from the news that his own daughter has gone missing, Chris is approached by a journalist who tells him that fatal mistakes were covered-up in Julie’s disappearance. Revisiting the case, Chris uncovers a series of errors, corruption and unbridled ambition.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor This article first appeared as part of Jenelle Riley’s Acting Up newsletter – to subscribe for early content and weekly updates on all things acting, visit the Acting Up signup page. Charlie Mackesy always thought Tom Hollander would make a great mole.  More specifically, the artist who wrote and illustrated the bestselling 2019 book “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” felt the British actor was a wonderful match to voice one of his characters in the short film adaptation he co-directed with Peter Baynton. The film, now streaming on Apple TV + has charmed audiences worldwide and is nominated for an Academy Award for animated short film. 

An absolute tragedy has struck the small community of Pax, West Virginia as an 11-week-old boy was found dead in the aftermath of a heavy storm.

Charlie Simpson has revealed he chose his rhino costume on The Masked Singer as a nod to his wife’s childhood and family.The 37-year-old Busted star won ITV’s secretive singing competition on Saturday evening after he performed three songs including Lewis Capaldi’s Before You Go. Following his win, Simpson explained the story behind his cowboy-inspired rhino costume choice saying: “My wife grew up in Kenya so I spend a lot of time in Kenya, and we spend a lot of time on safari. “I actually walked with rhinos, and some of the rhinos, there’s only a handful of them left.They’re really endangered and they have to be guarded by military personnel now, so the poachers don’t get them and I actually got to go and walk around with them, with these guards, it was incredible – with some of the last few remaining (rhinos) on Earth.

Following weeks of singing Jacket Potatoes and Otters, this weekend finally saw Rhino crowned winner of the fourth series of The Masked Singer. While judges Mo Gilligan and Jonathan Ross had been sure that the mystery voice belonged to James Arthur, fellow judges Rita Ora and Davina McCall, alongside a whole host of viewers at home, were correct in guessing that it was Busted singer Charlie Simpson all along. Speaking of his time on the show, the musician explained: “I was terrified the entire time.The thing I was scared most of was remembering lyrics.

James Arthur has responded to Busted‘s Charlie Simpson being revealed as ‘Rhino’ on The Masked Singer, following fan speculation that he was behind the disguise.The final of the ITV show – which sees famous musicians perform in costumes and masks to make their identity a mystery – aired on Saturday (February 18), where it was revealed that the Busted singer was the season four winner and had been performing behind the Rhino mask.However, fans of the show had spent several weeks speculating that it was actually Arthur in the costume.“Fuck me I can’t wait till everybody stops blowing my phone up every Saturday thinking I’m on telly singing dressed as a rhino,” the X Factor winner responded on Twitter.“@CharlieSimpson id know that voice anywhere,” he wrote in a follow-up tweet. “One of the best out there #maskedsinger now everyone piss off and leave me alone.”“Honoured to be compared to @CharlieSimpson by the way.

Denise Richards is a doting mom and was given the fright of her life last year involving her middle daughter, Lola Sheen.MOST READ: Celine Dion's waterpark home she gave up for new life revealedThe RHOBH star - who shares Lola, 17, and Sami, 18, with ex-husband Charlie Sheen - faced a worrying situation last summer when Lola was involved in a car crash.The teenager drove her Volkswagen into an embankment in LA while driving with three passengers.VIDEO: Denise Richards sparks concern with beauty videoA spokesperson for the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station told The Sun that the police and the California Highway Patrol worked together after receiving reports about a car going "over the edge" on a road near the Santa Monica mountains.POPULAR: How Michael Strahan supported T.J. Holmes' ex-wife following Amy Robach affair newsMORE: Kelly Ripa reacts to Live! co-star's long-awaited baby newsLuckily, Lola escaped with no severe injuries, but the incident will no doubt have shaken her, as well as her family.Shortly after the accident, the teen took to social media to share a cryptic message about being kind to yourself.

“I used to lie on my bed and stare at the ceiling and see snowfall and imagine the characters in the book moving. It was a dream of mine to take them further than the static book drawings,” said writer-director Charlie Mackesy during a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees to discuss The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

Some 800 writers gathered last night at the Hollywood Palladium to go over the WGA’s agenda for its upcoming negotiations for a new film and TV contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. The current contract expires on May 1. The membership meeting was the second over the past week — the first drew 500 attendees — with one more gathering scheduled in L.A. and another in New York later this month.

There might be a 38-year age gap between Charlie Mullins, 70, and Raquel Reno, 32, but the chemistry between them is real and it’s clear that they’re absolutely besotted with each other as they discuss their upcoming wedding plans with OK! Charlie, who’s been married twice before, tells us that they’ve picked a certain St Paul’s Cathedral in London as their venue, saying, “We’re allowed to do that because I’ve got an OBE.There’s a year’s waiting list but there can be cancellations so we’re hoping it’s going to happen this year.” They will certainly have the funds for a grand affair - the businessman made a whopping £145 million back in 2021 when he sold Pimlico Plumbers, the company he’d started at the age of 27. “I’ve never actually been to St Paul’s Cathedral,” admits aspiring recording artist Raquel.

Golden Globe award after missing the ceremony in Los Angeles last month.Costner, who was forced to skip the event due to severe flooding near his home, was named best actor in a TV drama for his work in Paramount’s “Yellowstone.”The 68-year-old actor unboxed the trophy from his bed and posted a sweet video of the moment on social media earlier this week. “We watched from home and it wasn’t the same,” Costner said in the video, referencing his wife, Christine Baumgartner.“We watched the whole doggone thing and my kids heard our name be called, and we weren’t at one of the greatest parties in the world,” the father of seven continued.

Kevin Costner invited the world into his bedroom, and it was in that intimate setting where he gave an emotional acceptance speech after unboxing his Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series.The star recalled the night he was forced to miss the 2023 Golden Globes due to devastating floods in California. Costner, who lives in the celebrity enclave of Montecito, California, said he and his wife got cut off in Ventura on their way to the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills and were forced to watch it from home.«We felt so horrible about that and there was just nothing we could do, and we watched the time like sand in a bottle go out as our chances dimmed of getting there,» he explained.

Actor Kevin Costner shared a video of him unboxing the Golden Globe award he won for his role in Paramount's "Yellowstone." Costner was unable to accept the award in person because of heavy rainfall and flooding in California that was happening at the time of the award show. Weeks after the award ceremony, Costner received his trophy in the mail.

K.J. Yossman Bill Nighy is set to be honored with an Icon Award at Newport Beach Film Festival’s U.K. honors on Thursday. Nighy has been selected as the recipient of the annual event’s highest accolade this year in light of his accomplished and vast portfolio of work across film and television, including recent performances in “The Man Who Fell to Earth” and feature film “Living,” for which he is in the running this year for an Oscar and BAFTA for best actor. He is also known for his turns in “Love Actually,” “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and West End play “Skylight,” for which he scored a Tony nomination. The Newport Beach Film Festival U.K. honors, hosted in partnership with Variety, will take place on Feb. 16 in central London and will be presented by Edith Bowman.

Jeffrey Ballard, the veteran Hollywood publicist who founded Jeff Ballard Public Relations and represented many of the industry’s top talents, has died after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 64.

Bridgerton actress Phoebe Dynevor will star in the Kansas-set thriller Witchita Libra as a woman trying to solve a dark historic crime that tore apart her family and rural hometown.